Push rods seem loose. Maybe I'm crazy?
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Push rods seem loose. Maybe I'm crazy?
Hey everybody, I'm putting together a 351W and pulled the crank, cam, heads, and push rods out of a 95 engine for my older block so I could have a roller cam and now the push rods seem looser than they should be. I talked to Ford Racing and the guy there swore that the blocks are identical so how the heck is it possible that the push rods would seem too short? This guy told me that they'd tighten up after I got some oil pressure in there and maybe I'm just used to old-school engines but it's hard to imagine that it would make that much of a difference. Anybody have any experience with this?
Thanks,
Brian
Thanks,
Brian
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#5
Thats not going to work. You would have to run a reduced base circle cam and drill and tap the lifter valley for the spyder to make it happen. Link bar lifters are a better solution. Thoses heads and cam are not performance pieces either.
#6
Hmmm I must have a roller-capable block then because the spyder went in without any modification. The guy I bought it from swore it was from a '93 but it's possible that's he's on drugs and it's really off of a '94. Or maybe he's sober and the late '93s were rollers.
At any rate, I guess that means I have the correct block but that still leaves me wondering what would cause the pushrods to seem short. Maybe bleed-down is really all it is
At any rate, I guess that means I have the correct block but that still leaves me wondering what would cause the pushrods to seem short. Maybe bleed-down is really all it is
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No compression D:
Well the engine is in and running and there doesn't seem to be any ticking coming from under the hood so they must have tightened up after they got some oil pressure in them.
BUT, now I'm intermitantly getting zero compression on a couple different cylinders and if I loosen up the rockers, the compression shoots back up, so something isn't sitting right in there. Anybody got any ideas on this one?
BUT, now I'm intermitantly getting zero compression on a couple different cylinders and if I loosen up the rockers, the compression shoots back up, so something isn't sitting right in there. Anybody got any ideas on this one?