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11-21-2010 12:52 PM #1
Guideplates required for full roller rockers?
I'm refreshing a 454 that I swapped over and I have a question about the valvetrain. The engine came to me with full roller rockers, guideplates, and some seriously messed up pushrods. I ordered new pushrods from Summit, but I got 3/8 (really the only size I could find for a big block) and the guideplates are 5/16. I took the guideplates off, but the tip of the rocker seems to slip off of the valve tip pretty easily. Are guideplates required for full roller rockers to keep this from happening? I haven't tightened the valves yet to see if they stay on better, but I don't want to have to adjust the valves twice.
You're welcome Mike, glad it worked out for you. Roger, it's taken a few years but my inventory of excess parts has shrunk a fair bit from 1 1/2 garage stalls to about an eight by eight space. ...
1968 Plymouth Valiant 1st Gen HEMI