I have a little question. after blowing the stock motor to pieces I'm hesitant to use anything from it with the fear some metal shavings will get into the new motor. the question is I have a new short block coming and I already have my new patriot heads and crower cams. do I reuse the factory followers (rockers) and hydraulic lash adjusters(lifters) or do I buy all new. when I pulled the heads today there was metal fragments all the way up there so I'm now nervous. when you swap cams do you change these parts. I know I always did on my small block Chevy's. also does anyone have the part numbers for these.

sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for the help

Victor

 

If you found metal fragments in the head it's probably a small price to pay for the new parts in the grand scheme of things. What would it cost to replace a scored bearing that goes bad because you scrounged on the old parts?

 

Struck thats what i was thinking just wondering what other people did it seems that the parts would cost about $400 to replace

 

Cheap insurance if you ask me...$400 for peace of mind and not having to rebuild a motor a second time because corners were cut is still money well spent.

 

very true whats $400 when your spending thousands

 

Ju got a point mangggggg!

 

internal wise I would not re use any thing but you can re use any thing external.


Suavy

 

i will be reusing mine but i have no metal in the top end at all

p.s. how long did it take to get your heads? i just called and they are on a 3 week back order
and can you reuse the stock cam gears?? the guy at patriot said yes but i am thinking no cause there is no 12mm bolt holding them on like he said there was

 

I'd re-use the rockers but not the lifters...

 

I agree. The slip fit of the lifters is very very tight. The smallest of particals in there could make one sticky.

Rich

 

mine ive had for almost 3 months but when i ordered them i got them in a little over a week. as for the cam gears if your going with aftermarket cams you need new gears. the gears from our motors are pressed on to the stock cams. the new gears are factory parts i have the ford part numbers if you need them.

Victor

 

The rockers ride against the cam so do they wear with the cam. I always heard that you had to replace your lifters when you replaced your cam in the old push rod motors because the lifters ride on the cam and they wear together. well in this cass the roller follower or rocker rides on the cam so does it wear too

 

ah ha thats what i thought but the guy i talked to at patriot said i could use the old gears, then after looking at them i didnt think so
thanks for the info Victor
and yeah the part numbers would be great as long as i can use them on my new stage II cams

 

The lifters used in pushrod motors often contacted only part of the cam lobe, this made them spin in their bores and helped with wear, etc.

Obviously the rockers don't spin and in general are in contact with the cam lobes across their entire surface. The contacting surfaces of the rockers should be very smooth and if they are, they should be fine with the new cams, if they aren't, they won't be good with any cams.

 

I did not use oil cooler off of my blown stock block i put 4 rods thru block some say old oil cooler could be cleaned out but why take a chance i had pieces of metal in oil pan so i wanted my new JDM motor to have new oil cooler