2:39 Steve, I knew your explanation of pushrod length checking would be accurate yet easy to understand as well. I already knew the procedure quite well but getting your professional take on the subject was more than enough reason to watch. The sweet icing on the proverbial cake was the demonstration engine used. NOT A TYPICAL CHEVY, BUT A SET OF FORD MOTORSPORT “385 Series” HEADS 👌. Well done ole chum 🏁.
One of the best car channels ever.. really help me to grasp the concept of engine building the proper way..but totally underrated.. U should have 2.4M subscribers for sharing all the knowledge in details Anyway, keep up the good work and god bless u sir..
It is all over the spectrum with different cam lifts and valve spring tensions but you can find out in your own engine. Use your torque wrench and sneak up on how much torque is required to just turn it over by hand. Convert ft pounds to horsepower. I believe it is horsepower hour. You have to decide if you want the spark plugs in or not.
wow this is blowing my mind, do you guy's need a old helper in he's 60's who still think tunnel rams carb motor is king...... I'm free no money just feed me your brain until me brain is fat.
Do you need to take into account the distance the length checker sits inside the cups of the lifter and rocker arm when getting a final measurement of your pushrods? It seems like adjusting a length checking tool out to where you’re happy and then using what amounts to essentially a precision flat edge on a pair of calipers to get a length could be inaccurate. Maybe I’m over thinking this.
First LS Platform, LS7, solid roller. Once solid shaft mount geometry is correct then move to pushrod length. With there being lash needed in the valvetrain, would I take the length checker all the way to zero lash with minimal side to side lash and 0 preload, on the base circle, then subtract the lash needed from my overall length? Or alternatively just put my feeler gauge of lash required and take the pushrod length checker to zero lash? Thank you for your time! Hopefully I conveyed my question correctly.
Hello Steve! Good to see you again sir. If you have an older cam and lifters, would you measure all of the pushrods? Cause lobe and lifters wear might give you different lenghts on your adjustable pushrod? In that case, buy a new cam and lifters? Thanks so much for sharing. Cheers and blessings from Motown/Dearborn
Finally see somebody doing it right with checking springs. There are scores(which is a lot) of videos on youtube of people pulling rocker to valve stem patterns on hydraulic cammed engines with their normal valve springs installed.
Geeez Jerry! A little harsh there brother. Steve has forgot more about big time engine building then we will ever know, imo. What engines do you build sir, and for who?
