Definitely not trying to trade longevity for power, my plan with the car was to have a mid 10 second car that I could drive to cruise nights, car shows, to and from the track, ect. I want to get this right; with the clutch and fuel system and other components I am in the build for a little over 15k now. If getting the valvetrain right is going to cost me another 2k then it just is what it is.
I loosened the rockers, didn't change much. got maybe 50 more rpm out of it but that could be random, felt the same.
Tried to install my stock rockers, The hardened pushrods that came with the engine are only 7.100". I tried test fitting my stock push rods and they were still way too short. Now I would need a checker to measure the correct length and buy pushrods just to try the stock rockers.... This is slightly irritating ha-ha.
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