RE: cam positioning

[William Cole <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Earl,
When I first put the RB cam in I used the Hughes pushrods that I had
from the beginning. I was rolling the motor over by hand to set the zero
gap setting. When the motor refused to  turn we started looking at what
the problem was. It turned out the Hughes and Mopar solid lifters have a
different depth where the pushrod rides in the lifter. The hydraulic pad
where the pushrod rides in the lifter is set higher up in the lifter. It
turns out the solid pushrods were about a 1/4 inch too long. That's why
the motor wouldn't turn over. So I borrowed a set of stock Mopar
pushrods and put them in to get the motor done so I could run it. I know
I should have checked the geometry of the rocker and valve head but I
was in  hurry to finish. Since then I have turned the motor over using
the starter and the rocker seems to be running fine on the valve head.
It may not be absolute perfect but it's working. The motor runs fine
except I'm a little afraid to run it past 5000 RPM. Every time I do, it
sounds like one of the rockers is making more noise than it should. I
may double check the zero setting on the rockers. I never did find out
for sure how far you take the rocker down after you hit no clearance on
the rocker. I only went a half a turn down. Maybe that wasn't enough. I
guess I could call RB and ask to be sure. That may be my extra noise the
motor is making. Come Spring, we'll see. I just don't want to tear the
upper half of the motor down to do the "mark the lifter and turn it
over" thing. I'm burned out on working on this thing.

Bill
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