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Old 03-19-2009, 04:15 PM
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I have a 302 with the edelbrock rpm cam, flat tappet lifters, the rpm 195 heads and the comp gold 1.6 roller rockers. My question is what size push rods they said 6.805 is this correct?
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:19 PM
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You will need to measure for your own good, don't go off of what folks tell you. Also you mentioned that you have a set flat tappet lifters. If you have roller springs in the heads, your lifters are going to hate you for it.
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:27 PM
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I bought the edelbrock rpm top half kit the cam lifters gear drive the heads and the manifold. I hope I did the right thing. I plan on topping it off with a 670 holley. I hope it runs. It is also bored 40 over with shorty bbk headers I was hoping this would put me over the 300hp range. Will it??????
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:33 PM
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You will never know for sure without the use of a pushrod length checker. If you don't have one get a set 7632-16 pushrods and put 1/2 turn of preload while the cam is on the base circle and make sure the roller tip is on the center of the valve stem. There are some many variables it's hard to pinpoint an exact length. I'm sure they have you pretty close.
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by inzane01
I bought the edelbrock rpm top half kit the cam lifters gear drive the heads and the manifold. I hope I did the right thing. I plan on topping it off with a 670 holley. I hope it runs. It is also bored 40 over with shorty bbk headers I was hoping this would put me over the 300hp range. Will it??????
Dump the gear drive for a chain. It should put you around 340+ at the crank realisticly. It's a good kit. You have the right carb for it. Youll be happy I'm sure.
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Old 03-19-2009, 04:50 PM
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You need to measure, the following link will help you:

http://sbftech.com/index.php/topic,3....html#msg38894
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Whats wrong with the gear drive?
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