Tearing down the 414 stroker

64physhy said

I'm really contemplating a hyd roller set-up. The thing is, FT cams have worked for decades just fine, so why all of the sudden is everyone pushing the rollers so much? I know there's some extra insurance with them, but with a cam and the tappets, that's more than twice the cost of a FT. The cam I was using had a fast ramp rate, I wouldn't use them again.

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Plus you were using those 1.65 ratio rockers. Seems like you are stuck with those.

I would get a custom cam FT grounded. Comp Cams can do it. On Speedtalk there is this guy Mike Jones Cams, Camking he goes by on talk, I got a cam grounded by him, gave the motor a better idle than Comps HE 268 and revved higher, very pleased with it.

Camking can even tell you about how many miles the cam should last, a few races, ha ha, 20,000 miles, 50,000 miles, etc.

Price isn't bad, like $2?? but reground cams on your good core if you got one are only $125 plus shipping.

That what I would do with that 1.65 rockers, have some place custom grind you a FT cam.