[DeTomaso] more on pushrod guide plates
Ken Green
kenn_green at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 18 09:57:28 EDT 2010
Justin,
I had the negative comments about Manley guide plates. They are on 4V heads, and the Manley plates were a lousy fit, but also, the step on the intake valve side is so close to the rocker arm stud that I couldn't get an 11/16 deep socket on the stud. I have ARP studs that are suppose to be torqued to 65 ft-lbs, and even tripple nutting them was only marginally enough to break them loose or torque them.
I also have Comp Cams lifters and rockers, so I suppose there could be something about the rockers? Or maybe it's a quality control thing and hit or miss? But being able to get the deep socket on the Comp Cams plates was a big plus to me.
Ken
--- On Wed, 8/18/10, Justin Greisberg <justingreisberg at hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Justin Greisberg <justingreisberg at hotmail.com>
Subject: [DeTomaso] more on pushrod guide plates
To: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010, 5:07 AM
someone just wrote about how manley guide plates did not fit right, but the comp cams did. I have CHI heads and roller rockers and found the comp cams guideplates to be unuseable - dont fit at all. i think the manleys fit fine for me, with 3/8" pushrods. just a word of warning. pushrod guideplates are a challenging fit for cleveland engines. Dave storlein, a noteable cleveland builder confirmed the same to me. justin
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