BBC valve train
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one other thing to think about is solid roller on hydraulic roller cam with like t&d shaft rockers lash doesn’t change with those so if u have a rocker get loose u will hear it and u have an issue and not just a loose rocker so u can find a problem before it’s catastrophic as to where a hydraulic roller would pump up and self adjust some and cover it up until it’s severe. Once you have shaft mounts u will never go back to a regular roller rocker.
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I have an old dyno sheet sitting around where I ran a 276/284 @ .050 .785 lift with a Procharger on a 598. I ran that cam for several years with the Jessel shaft rockers and PAC springs didn't have a problem.
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How may hours were you getting before you needed to replace the springs and lifters? My 572's are running a 258/262 .712 lift cam, with TD shaft rockers. I'm curious what the refresh rate on the valvetrain is going to be. Right now I'm planning on every 150 hours, but I don't know if that is realistic or not.
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How may hours were you getting before you needed to replace the springs and lifters? My 572's are running a 258/262 .712 lift cam, with TD shaft rockers. I'm curious what the refresh rate on the valvetrain is going to be. Right now I'm planning on every 150 hours, but I don't know if that is realistic or not.
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Also, I must note that he uses rocker ratio to obtain lift. As noted other times he uses relatively smaller duration Comp cams that don't have large lobes. He tries to match lift to his porting. Another thing he doesn't put SR on HR cams on everything. I only know ~6 engines out there to have that setup.
Another note, I solved my engines problem of beating the crap out of my valve train. (SR on HR cams) Spring pressure! I against the advise of my head guy, decided to go off the advice of my cam designer and used spring pressures and rates that he recommended. Replaced them last year with my head guys recommendation and haven't touched them since.
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So back to something that this discussion has brought up.....
Is running a more mild cam with a 1.8 ratio rocker better than a larger/more aggressive lift lobe and a 1.7 ratio rocker in an endurance application? Consider an application where a mild cam with 1.8 rockers or an more aggressive lobe coupled to 1.7 rockers. Both setups net the same valve lift.
To me, having less lifter movement and a bit higher transmitted pushrod force to the lifter due to the ratio increase seems like it might cause fewer harmonics, or at least lower amplitude ones, than running a larger lobe and a lower ratio rocker. The slight increase in transmitted spring force would also help to keep the lifter solidly on the lobe with no bounce along with the slightly milder lobe profile further reducing lifter bouncing potential and the need for stiffer valve springs to control lifter bounce.
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Is running a more mild cam with a 1.8 ratio rocker better than a larger/more aggressive lift lobe and a 1.7 ratio rocker in an endurance application? Consider an application where a mild cam with 1.8 rockers or an more aggressive lobe coupled to 1.7 rockers. Both setups net the same valve lift.
To me, having less lifter movement and a bit higher transmitted pushrod force to the lifter due to the ratio increase seems like it might cause fewer harmonics, or at least lower amplitude ones, than running a larger lobe and a lower ratio rocker. The slight increase in transmitted spring force would also help to keep the lifter solidly on the lobe with no bounce along with the slightly milder lobe profile further reducing lifter bouncing potential and the need for stiffer valve springs to control lifter bounce.
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