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I made some shims from what I have around the garage...will need to get some presice ones. The shims are .03 thick, and they made the slight adjustment and changed the pattern. It looks much better now. The pushrod checker looks like it just touches the push rod guide holes when it's the valves...

Heres the current swipe pattern on number 2 intake. This tells me if the shaft height is raised, it will move the tip of the rocker towards the center of the valve stem. I will give Mike a call tomorrow.

Hi all...yes, I will be clearancing the inner radius of the rockers so they don't touch the spring caps. They were clearanced before, but it doesn't look like they took enough off. As the rockers push to valve down, it actually gives much more clearance. So the tightest, or lowest clearance...

So...here's a little more info. I've ready Mike's site at B3 and it's great information. Stock pushrods definitely won't work in my situation....I would have no threads showing on the adjuster. In fact, it wouldn't thread all the way through. I've considered clearancing the pushrod guide...

Hi all...I'm new to the board and need a little advice. I've followed the site for a long time and always research before I post, but I can't find an answer on how to properly set up 273 rockers on a 360LA. The heads I have are J Heads that have been shaved and unfortunately I don't know how...