camshaft novice needs help
easter
I know of at least 2 lightnings on the west coast that have the Second Street Speed rocker system.....mine and a guy in Cali.
They are a super high quality piece but they are sure not for everybody. The only down sides I've found so far is that the pivot point at the adjuster side has changed and in doing so, it has cost some valve lift. When I degreed the cams the lift came in at about .508 at the valve and the cam card said .545. Part of the lift is lost from the lash adjustment and part of it is from the ratio change.
I run a lot of spring pressure and the rockers so far have proven to be very rigid. There was no difference in lift between a soft set up spring a the the heavy springs.
Regarding the lost valve lift....this bothers me somewhat...it bothers me enough that I may end up with a set of Crowers after all. The difference between .500 lift and .600 lift on my cylinder heads is over 20 cfm flow.
Dale
I know of at least 2 lightnings on the west coast that have the Second Street Speed rocker system.....mine and a guy in Cali.
They are a super high quality piece but they are sure not for everybody. The only down sides I've found so far is that the pivot point at the adjuster side has changed and in doing so, it has cost some valve lift. When I degreed the cams the lift came in at about .508 at the valve and the cam card said .545. Part of the lift is lost from the lash adjustment and part of it is from the ratio change.
I run a lot of spring pressure and the rockers so far have proven to be very rigid. There was no difference in lift between a soft set up spring a the the heavy springs.
Regarding the lost valve lift....this bothers me somewhat...it bothers me enough that I may end up with a set of Crowers after all. The difference between .500 lift and .600 lift on my cylinder heads is over 20 cfm flow.
Dale
Originally posted by BigBobsL
I assume at 30 psi you are aware that the head gaskets and motor will not live on the street nor long on the track. Boost with centrifugal blower will build exponentially, not linear. At 3000 rpm you would have maybe 6-8 psi (1/4 of 30 psi @ 6000 rpm) not 15 psi.
I assume at 30 psi you are aware that the head gaskets and motor will not live on the street nor long on the track. Boost with centrifugal blower will build exponentially, not linear. At 3000 rpm you would have maybe 6-8 psi (1/4 of 30 psi @ 6000 rpm) not 15 psi.


