Call Ted at TSI -- he sells tubular rods at any length -- quickly.
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Charly Mitchel
<charly@mitchelplumbing.com>wrote:
> If you shim the pedestals, you change the angle of the contact on the valve
> from the rocker. If you have roller rockers, it may not matter, but with
> the stock rockers , you will get wear. I've seen it on other TR6's.
> You can order shorter pushrods and they usually can be delivered pretty
> quickly. Your cam shop should be able to help you with this.
> Charly Mitchel
> TR6 #44
> ----- Original Message ----- From: <toodamnfunky@comcast.net>
> To: "fot" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 7:10 AM
> Subject: [Fot] Shimming the rocker pedestals ?
>
>
> FoT
>>
>> I just built a fresh motor with a different block and discovered my
>> pushrods
>> are too long.
>>
>> I had new ( big ) valves put in and started with a prepared from stock
>> block.
>>
>> .008 was taken off the block and I canb t remember how much off the head
>> to
>> give me 12.5:1 comp ratio. I would guess the head was shaved over .120b .
>>
>> Anyway, while doing the final assembly and prepping to run it in, my
>> adjusters
>> are run out all the way to max. There is a full 3/16b of thread
>> projecting
>> from the adjustment screw. I got cylinders 1& 2 to adjust to .22/.24 lash
>> but
>> when I got to # 3
>>
>> that's where the adjuster had no effect, that was my first clue.
>>
>> Our first race of the season is on the 13 th so I need to find a solution
>> in
>> the next few days. One thing I have always wondered about is why couldnb t
>> the pedestals just be raised to compensate instead of shortening all the
>> pushrods.
>>
>> Thanks again for input,
>>
>>
>>
>> B
>>
>> Jim G.
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