Help with Valvesprings and valve float. Noob

340Duster247 said
Yah I know. Bullshit eh..but when you don't know alot about valvetrain and a professional tells you what's up I guess you take there word for it. Anyways funny story about the rockers. I actually ordered the stainless ones and this is what showed up...my parts guy (one of my best friends) types the wrong part number and since being Canadian and everything is F*#king special order they were non returnable and it would of been on his ***...so I asked on trusty FORABODIESONLY if it's ok to run the aluminum needle bearing style and I got the "you'll be fine", "I run em on my 800 HP turbo small block", "been using them for years, no problem"......

While I'm no fan of the aluminum rockers, mostly from a design perspective, I think you can get by with them. I have shafts in stock, and can send them with a geometry kit, to take care of that side of things. I know money is a concern, but, enough things were done incorrectly the first time that getting it right is going to cost a few bucks. Its inevitable, and sucks, but better than destroying the whole motor from a failure that could have been avoided.

Btw, it isn't hard to type the wrong part number. The 32 prefix is steel, and the 33 is aluminum, but the rest is the same. One slip of a fat finger and "voila", you have aluminum rockers.