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RE: Solid cam questions By McQ - 02/09/2004 11:17:05 AM; IP 209.19.180.126 There are two stock length pushrods for the FE. The longer pushrod is to be used with the shell solid lifter. This lifter was initially used in the early '58 352/332(first 3 months of production). The shorter pushrod is to be used with the "dumbell" style solid lifter which was introduced in 1960 for the HP352. The "dumbell" is the common/standard solid lifter that Ford ran in all PI and HP FEs factory designated to be solid lifter. However, there was a "rev-kit" or something like that introduced in '64 that featured the shell lifters and a larger diameter pushrod. This "rev-kit" was designed to allow for 7,000 rpms. The early long style pushrod is skinny but it is a solid rod. They tend to bend. The new long style are hollow stem/large diameter. Hope this makes some sense to you. Choosing the dumbell solid or shell solid is a matter of choice. You'll hear lots of opinions on the benefits/drawbacks of each.

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