Rocker arm measurements
@dartfreak75 came through with a box slam full of slant stuff. Awesome guy. Thank you. SO, here are some pictures showing the two rockers. I've not made any measurements, but from the nekkid eye, they are dang close. So close in fact, that IMO, I could bore the buick rockers from 13/16 to 7/8 and they would drop in and run. They even take the same size adjusters as the slant six. Also, as an added benefit, they will oil better because the rocker bore is drilled from the bore into the adjuster hole. The Buick adjusters are hollow and the pushrod tip of the adjuster has a hole for pushrod oiling. Also there is a hole on top to direct oil to the valve stem end. I've already found a company that sells all types of oiling adjuster screws, so that's not a problem. only other thing to overcome is the width of the rocker arm bore. The Buick arms are narrower, but Hughes sells all types of rocker shaft spacers, so I think I can work that out. Rocker Arm Specialties has not answered my email yet. Might be something they just don't want to do, I don't know. I plan on calling them Wednesday. Here are the pictures. I think they will work. What do yall think? I think it's worth further investigation. Oh and that's the slant adjuster screwed into the Buick rocker.
@dartfreak75 came through with a box slam full of slant stuff. Awesome guy. Thank you. SO, here are some pictures showing the two rockers. I've not made any measurements, but from the nekkid eye, they are dang close. So close in fact, that IMO, I could bore the buick rockers from 13/16 to 7/8 and they would drop in and run. They even take the same size adjusters as the slant six. Also, as an added benefit, they will oil better because the rocker bore is drilled from the bore into the adjuster hole. The Buick adjusters are hollow and the pushrod tip of the adjuster has a hole for pushrod oiling. Also there is a hole on top to direct oil to the valve stem end. I've already found a company that sells all types of oiling adjuster screws, so that's not a problem. only other thing to overcome is the width of the rocker arm bore. The Buick arms are narrower, but Hughes sells all types of rocker shaft spacers, so I think I can work that out. Rocker Arm Specialties has not answered my email yet. Might be something they just don't want to do, I don't know. I plan on calling them Wednesday. Here are the pictures. I think they will work. What do yall think? I think it's worth further investigation. Oh and that's the slant adjuster screwed into the Buick rocker.
