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Jan 20, 2011 | 08:21 PM

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So I can stop an argument me and pops are having

I got the roller rockers in the mail today and my dad keeps telling me if I get stock length pushrods I will bend them NO MATTER what because geometry changes.

Everyone on here who has untouched heads and 1.7s says they used the 7.2 push rod length some please in

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Jan 20, 2011 | 08:25 PM

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If everything is stock the size should be close on most engines but as someone told me you always messure to double check. You never know.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:34 PM

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x2^^ It would be a good idea to check the length just to be sure.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:41 PM

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There's a 99% chance 7.20" pushrods will be fine. And even if they were too long or short, say by .05", you won't bend them.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:44 PM

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changing valve stem length, valve job, cutting the heads, lifter type, camshaft type, cutting the block, and head gasket thickness can all change the pushrod length.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:54 PM

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MEASURE IT that's the 1st step.

Jan 20, 2011 | 08:55 PM

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He's to stubborn to come look at info because he thinks the computer tells lies and no one on the other side of the the computer knows anything.......

Tonight has just not been my night guys

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Jan 20, 2011 | 09:04 PM

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He's to stubborn to come look at info because he thinks the computer tells lies and no one on the other side of the the computer knows anything.......

Tonight has just not been my night guys

Wow my Dad thankfully trusts me with everything however he does have some opinions on my choices. Ask him what he'd order

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:07 PM

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changing valve stem length, valve job, cutting the heads, lifter type, camshaft type, cutting the block, and head gasket thickness can all change the pushrod length.

Right, right, right, right, right, right, and right. But he's not changing any of that.

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:08 PM

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no they dont fit you need different pushrods soooo sell me your 1.7s and go buy 1.6s lol jk they should be fine im doing 1.7s on a stock lt1

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:13 PM

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no they dont fit you need different pushrods soooo sell me your 1.7s and go buy 1.6s lol jk they should be fine im doing 1.7s on a stock lt1

Well matters which way I go with the build they might be up for sale soon but I'll probably have a cam spec'd for em so I won't have to start over.

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:15 PM

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cool!!

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:18 PM

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adding rockers doesnt change the geometry. 7.2 will work provided nothing else has been cut down or worked on by the previous owner like mentioned above

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:31 PM

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adding rockers doesnt change the geometry. 7.2 will work provided nothing else has been cut down or worked on by the previous owner like mentioned above

I can't count on my hands and feet how many times he says it changed Geometry but he is stuck on the Big block days and thinks his 12.6 in a big block is impressive and for what he had done in all reality was pretty impressive but the argument got pretty heated so I just need to vent really

No way to work tomorrow either FML

Jan 20, 2011 | 09:44 PM

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Right, right, right, right, right, right, and right. But he's not changing any of that.

just covering all the bases just in case....

Jan 20, 2011 | 10:00 PM

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But to him all you guys are wrong and because I read things on here doesn't mean they are true. But hey I live here he gets the final say no matter how ignorant on the subject he really is.

Jan 20, 2011 | 10:56 PM

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I run 7.2's with 1.7's. Haven't touched them since I put them on 3 years ago.

Jan 20, 2011 | 11:08 PM

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just put them on when he goes to work or something..

Jan 20, 2011 | 11:16 PM

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i feel your pain. My dad is very much into backyard mechanics and i am slowly getting my certifications for everything which pisses him off because i do things the way i learned and that is the wrong way to him. Just do what you planned to do and prove him wrong, once he sees the finished product how can he dispute it?

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