valve train geometry Options

[TheCabinetmaker]

Does this look okay to you guys? This is at half lift.
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[nathansnathan]

About .060" off the rockers puts that surface even with the part that leads up to it... if that makes any sense. - You wouldn't want to go any further than that, so it looks like you've got the rockers right.

You'll want to leave room for adjustment so like 3 turns in, I'd start with. The rocker shims are really what you are adjusting when you set it up - you cut the pushrods to the lenght you need once you determine how far out the rockers need to be.

When I set mine up, it seemed the further out I shimmed it, the better it got, so I stopped at .060. ..again, it's the head covers in the way that are limiting.

Something else to think about, I was talking to Adrian at headflow masters about this one time. Something I haven't read in the procedures but that makes sense. Since the valve/ guide has more tendency to break/ cause wear when it's past half lift than before, to set it up so that the face of the adjuster is perpendicular to the valve slightly after half lift, and not at it. - The way I interpret this, it's going to be a compromise somewhere, so error in that direction if you can.