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fekbmax

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Push rods
« on: February 25, 2016, 08:28:11 PM »
Push rod wall thickness for solid roller cam,  750lb open spring pressures.
Standard FE oiling. What's recommended guys ?
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Re: Push rods
« Reply #1 on: February 26, 2016, 12:09:26 AM »
I like Manton
3/8. 120 wall for that application
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Re: Push rods
« Reply #2 on: February 26, 2016, 01:21:42 AM »
I have been useing .120 Smith Brothers for years with no prob but have recently been seeing more and more adds in RPM  magazine for pushrods as heavy as .180 and even some .210 "" .. Those things got to be pretty heavy..
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Re: Push rods
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2016, 07:53:21 AM »
Use as big as you can fit.  I would try to fit a 7/16 double tapered pushrod in there. 

Remember, pushrod weight doesn't really mean much in the overall scheme of things, so don't worry about diameters and thickness....it doesn't matter.  Fit as big as you can.
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Re: Push rods
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2016, 09:35:03 AM »
That's a good point.
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