dart9ss
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Has anyone used the rocker kit from hughes engines. They look like they are well thought out acording to there web page. It comes with shaft shims as well . anyone?
My machinist talked me I to it and some on the adjusting nuts are har to get a wrench on.He said he's built a few bbf motors that run low 5' in the eighth and they did good.It could be me but I'm having problems with my healthno never
It better be right.I didn't put them on but my machinist has retired but has built some pretty neat stuff and a few for me in the past.Those nuts can be a problem without the right wrench some times! Did the geometry work out and the cam lift checked out to be correct. I ran a b3 kit with my old H S rockers the new H S are too long. thanks for the photo. feel better BIG!!
I bought the small block set many years ago and the geometry was spot on and no shims. Just side to side shims.. drag race Street cruising no problems...
I bought the set for my 340. Been on there since 2010. No problems at all. I would recommend them.
I have the small block Indy-Brock heads on my Dart, Which were set up with Indy's big block rockers (shafts are moved up and back). The cam that was installed at the time is a Bullet roller with .668 lift In/Ex with springs set at 195# on the seat and 580# over the nose, the Indy rockers lasted just over a season and a half before they started snapping off under the spring side of the rockers.
I bought a set of Hughes big block rockers in 2010 and put stiffer springs on the heads 250# on the seat and 625# over the nose, no problems with them for 12 years now. So I will give Hughes rockers an A+ for strength and durability, and I have also gone as long as 3 seasons without having to relash the valves with them.
Edelbrock heads and Mopar 508 cam.What heads and cam?
Another vote for Hughes here. I've used his rockers on both big and small block engines with zero issues. You just need to spend time on checking the geometry. Won't matter what brand rockers you have, if the geometry is wrong, you'll have issues.