Do it ur-self 1.6:1 /6 rockers

Killer6 said

All the Mopar V-8 rockers are way too short, and the pushrods(if you're using 3/8 chrome
- moly), are already perilously close to the head near the deck. There is no room for that with1.6 moving them in even closer. That IH rocker looks longer and to be a 1.7?? ratio, i'll have
to check on shaft dia. & oiling provisions/design. 8 bills from T&D don't sound bad if that's thecase, depending on what is included, the PP&R's have billet hold-downs,shaft,spacers etc. sothe extra $230 may involve those items....
You can grind clearance for the p-rods, but I don't think near enuff for a V-8 rocker,not
to mention moving the shaft that much isn't feasable or complimentary.As far as SB shaft
diameter, it shouldn't be too hard to hone al rockers up if they were an opt.

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Sometimes, it's better to just bite the bullet and pay the freight... But, my case is a little different, in its "race-car only" requirements, I can get away with lots of stuff that would not work at all, on the street, such as my brutally-simple ignition system. I tried driving it on the street with that locked distributor-plate and no vacuum advance when I moved the car from my ex-partner's garage to mine, 35-miles away. It used 5 gallons of gas at 50mph on the hiway in that 35 miles. My limited math skills conclude that that's 7 miles per gallon, at a cruise, for a 2,700-pound car. That's just one facet of my "race-only" tune...

But, the rockers can be manually-oiled at the strip, which would not work on the street..... I have no idea what the welding will do to the oil slots that they use to lubricate for street-duty. So, I took the coward's way out and just examine everything every 5-minutes of run time... It's what you do when you don't have much money...:banghead: