Blade1
08-15-2005, 01:36 PM
Looking for some input.i am running a tall deck 454 bored .030 ,8:1 pistons, isky cam 635 lift , comp moly steel roller rockers, isky red line roller lifters,manley 3/8 hardened pushrods, valve springs 1000# open, 350# closed with lash caps on top of valves, with a 10-71 blower at 12 lbs boost, 2 Gary Williams Carbs,with a 280 hp shot of nos spinning a AA stainless 6600 on the bottle. rockers adust .028 warm, have been setting at .030 cold.my problem is that i have been losing the lash caps from time to time,last time it cost me a cam, thats when i thought i was getting a harmonics problem so i went to the redline lifters and replaced my alum roller rockers with the steel roller rockers. do i need to adust the rockers down a little tighter {.026 cold} or go to a 7/16 pushrods or go to the new tapered pushrods in 3/8, or is something else goin on i am not seeing? any help appreciated.Thanks