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| RE: Cj main bearings |
| By Mike McQuesten - 11/23/2001 9:38:28 PM; IP 63.50.124.239 |
Peter, I'll just give you a little advice and opinion on running the standard adjustable rocker system with your 400-500 horse 428CJ. They'll work okay. However, I would suggest a "system" that offers end supports for the shafts. This tends to be a weak link in the system. You might also consider heavy duty shafts. There are many companies that offer these parts from pieces you want to entire bolt on systems. What I'm using this time is a system I bought from a company in Anaheim, CA, Rocker Arm Specialist, e-mail: rocker@c-zone.net. What I got was their rebushed adjustable rockers with locking adjusting nuts; chrome moly HD shafts, their billet aluminum full support system and aluminum spacer set that replaces the springs for spacers. Then I bought rocker studs from Blue Oval Performance in Denver Colorado. Which is another knowledgable, friendly and helpful source of parts for an FE.
It's not a roller system but definitley an improvement over the stock system first introduced in 1958. That system saw little change through the years. I personally have had problems with the stock self locking adjusting screws. The threads have stripped and they tend to lose adjustment very quickly. I've had a couple back out to the point the push rod slipped out of the rocker's adjusting screw and that's a bad thing. Both times I was fortunate that it was at normal driving speeds and I heard the rattle of the loose push rod. Neither time did I bend, break or mutilate the push rod. Both times I replaced the two rockers and found the threads on the adjusting screw to be stripped. So that's why I like the locking nut sytem that RAS offers.
But now of course you can go with a snazzy roller rocker set.....I plan to someday with another FE, my day dream FE. It's about third in the line.
The cost for this system I now have and plan to run was $380. There is a core charge of $100 for the adjustable rockers. I was lucky to have an old set still in place on a core '58 352 "Interceptor Special". (Note Shoe: I didn't say Police anywhere) So the total tab would be around $500 to get them shipped downunder. |
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