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Old 12-09-2002 | 05:02 PM
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How are those Scorpian brand aluminum roller rocker arms? I think they're blue in color. Anyone had any experience with them?
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Old 12-09-2002 | 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by KAAMA
How are those Scorpian brand aluminum roller rocker arms? I think they're blue in color. Anyone had any experience with them?
I dont have a lot of seat time on mine but I do have them on a solid lifter cam with 30 thou. gap and have not broke or damaged one yet? PS mine are silver but I have seen them orange, blue, red. all with the little scorpian on them. Charlie
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Old 12-09-2002 | 06:48 PM
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We run Comp roller tipped rockers on our Corvette. So far they seem pretty good and we haven't had to adjust them. Not much of a HP gain, but it takes some of the side load off the valves.
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Old 12-09-2002 | 07:21 PM
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I know it is expensive, but has anyone tried running Jesel rockers? I have used them in Drag race motors ( cars) before without any failures..
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Old 12-09-2002 | 07:45 PM
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I run Jesels on my 496 solid roller motor. They are real sweet!!! The valve lash hasn't need adjustment as of yet. They cost me around $900.00!! I saw some Jesel Sportsman series at the PRI show and they were listed at around $650.00. Still salty, but friendlier.
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Old 12-10-2002 | 05:57 AM
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Most of the people I know use Crower roller rockers. I've used then in small blocks and ran them for 400 or so hours, with only a little wear on a couple of the wheels. I also know of some 1000 plus HP blower engines that use them (the stainless steel crowers).

I like them for SB engines compared to the scorpion, or harland sharp becuase they have a larger bearing set up where they pivot.

Anyways, just an opinion............

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Old 12-10-2002 | 07:10 AM
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what advantage does the Crower "stainless steel" roller rocker arms have over other steel roller rocker arms. I know it doesn't rust, but is that the only advantage?
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Old 12-10-2002 | 08:22 AM
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Originally posted by KAAMA
what advantage does the Crower "stainless steel" roller rocker arms have over other steel roller rocker arms. I know it doesn't rust, but is that the only advantage?
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Im not quite sure, I'd have to beleive they're stronger than aluminum rockers...............I just know that I've seen them used on some very healthy motors & they have always held up well. I only mentioned that because I know for SBC's they make aluminum & steel rockeers, & I wasn't sure if they did for big blocks, so I wanted to be clear about which ones I've seen last.

Like I said, I've just seen these used over & over (I also use their products), and have seen them stand up to a lot of punishment.
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Old 12-10-2002 | 10:27 AM
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Over the years, I`ve used many different brands of rockers, some on mild engines and some on more serious hardware. I like Harland Sharp best, followed closely by Comp Cams. I`ve had only one failure and it happened to be with Crane. It was one of the cheaper sets from Crane. I have heard that their GOLD series is good, but for about the same $$$ just go with Harland and sleep easier!
 
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Old 12-10-2002 | 12:00 PM
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I ran Scorpions on a solid flat tappet SB and got less than an hjour of use before the pushrods actually started wearing a hole throught he back of the rockers sending shavings through a new motor. I had to claen the block and replace all bearings. I WILL NEVER USE CHEAP **** AGAIN!
 
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