Rhoads Lifters On Solid Lifter Cam

Rhoads Lifters On Solid Lifter Cam - Setting Valve Lash

Wyrmrider said
AFIK Kerby is still in business
great guy
he's out at the west side of the san fernando valley now
Sissel moved from his dad's place to Semen street also in South El Monte then Kirby moved out to West Covina then Covina now the Valley
That aluminum head is really nice but not in my budget
did you ever see the rig they use to machine heads
all hydraullic trace- no cnc
also the two piece pushrod for the 292 really works
for those reading there is a bushing in the middle with two cups- cuts out pushrod flex and vibration with the long 292 pushrods
good vibration dampner is key to 6 cyl chevy or any thing really

Agree 100%, Wyrmrider. No, I haven't visited their shop. Just exchanged a few E-mails with Mike. Heck of a nice guy and really knows these engines.

Yeah, the aluminum 12-port head is a thing of beauty. Beyond my budget, as well. Would have been fun building a true IR runner intake for it and setting it up for the Weber DCNF carbs I have here, only configured differently than I must do with the 9-port siamesed intake iron head setup.

I was wondering about the 2-piece pushrod setup. Saw it described in Leo Santucci's book. Was wondering with what I would describe as a less than radical cam and matching spring combo (Isky says to run 135 lb. on the seat and 385 lb. spring rate with 1.8" installed height on this cam)...... Would the 2-piece pushrod setup be necessary? Or would larger dia. 1-piece 3/8" thickwall heat treated pushrods do the job and possibly be lighter?

Will definitely be looking at the torsional dampner. Engine length is going to be tight in the '57 and I will need to move the radiator forward. But would like to run a new 8" small block malleable iron dampner I have here. This would also allow me to use a separate crankshaft pulley bolted to the dampner hub rather than have the drive belts run off grooves machined into the outer circumference of the torsional dampner as the stock dampner does. If I can pull this off, should be able to make spacer for water pump and modify accessory brackets to line up alternator, etc. with new crank pulley location.

Best regards,

Harry