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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    thanks AndyF for posting. A good read. I asked a few questions, talked with owner of one of the leading shops that provides alot of respected info on this forum and others. The MRE rocker arms are made by HS, but they are not the same rocker as HS (HS w/o a shaft bearing). So the geometry...
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    For what???????????????????Read the TrickFlow data sheet that comes with the heads. If your rocker geometry mod is the magic carpet...do like the other leaders do on this forum....post a full presentation of the design and improved geometry, not just a couple of vague pics.
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    I never liked the half mood spacer idea either. At TrickFlow when they designed the heads, there were probably plenty of design iterations before they settled on a final geometry. The mid-lift rocker geometry has been around for decades, and this was not TF's first cylinder head design...
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    B3R3...yes, I get the idea for sure. I was going to experiment with raising the rocker shaft and see what geometry results...which I realize you are way ahead of me. My understanding is the MRE rocker arms are budget Harland and Sharp rockers, so they should use the same spacers under the...
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    The MRE rockers have 900 miles on them, so I took the rocker shafts off and disassembled everything. Those miles included a 200 mile endurance test with a minimal speed of 80 mph, and top speeds of 110+ mph. Thus the minimum cruise engine speed was 3700 rpm for 200 miles. I did stop once for...
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    Here is a photo of the banana grooves I cut in the MRE rocker shafts using an angle grinder with thin cut-off wheel (about 1/8 inch wide). Finished the shaft cuts with 600 grit emery cloth. To help valve train oiling for the .550 valve lift I tripled the amount of oil flowing to the rocker...
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    MRE roller rockers on Trick Flow heads

    432 low deck. Howards hydraulic flat tappet cam, Crower lifters. MRE 1.6 roller rocker arms and MRE rocker shafts. 8.90 effective length pushrods with 5/32 radius ball/cup. Felpro .039 head gasket #1009. Rocker arm sweep contact on valve stems was approx .055 inch width, contact starting...
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    BB valve spring compressor engine in car

    trail...I have that type, but was looking for something to positively compress dual valve springs...I did not make that clear in my post. thanks.
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    BB valve spring compressor engine in car

    Any recommendations for valve spring compressor with engine in car? Comp and Proform offer spring compressors. The Comp handle looks like it may interfere with the fenderwell, power brake booster, etc. Would think the Comp is better quality than the Proform. Search thru this forum did not...
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    Pushrod length checker

    Like dragin said about having a pair... I use Compcam Hi-tech length checkers, each turn is .05 change in length. The lengths are accurate...send the dimension to Smith Brothers.
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    Smith Wesson MP Shield 9mm

    My wife had a Ruger LCP 380. It had several problems so she replaced it with a Sig P238 380. This Sig did not like gun oil for lube between the slide and rail (2 failure to eject, each after about 50 rounds), instead we are using Lubriplate per Sig armorer recommendations with no problems now...
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    Smith Wesson MP Shield 9mm

    Just bought this gun recently because it is small, easy to conceal carry, is single stack, and my wife can shoot it easily. First thing took it apart, cleaned and lubed per owner handbook included with the gun. Then to the range to break in and test for initial reliability. The FMJ rounds I...
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    Firewall clutch boot woes

    I have had the same firewall boot problem...tearing over time. It is almost as if the new boots are not made to the correct shape.
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    Trick Flow 440 heads, The Real Deal?

    Here is Mancini Racing MRE roller rocker, 1.6 ratio, made by Harland Sharp, but a budget version of their full roller rocker. According to a forum moderator on the dodge charger forum these rockers are good for up to 400 lb open spring pressure and hold up well. These MRE rockers do not have...
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    Trick Flow 440 heads, The Real Deal?

    I just mocked up crane iron rockers, crane gold with roller tip, and oem stamped rocker just for interest. With valve closed the Crane iron rocker contacts the valve stem at near stem centerline (see Photo). Rocker contact "rocks" toward exhaust side of valve stem, then the rocker starts to...
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    Manifold gasket - Remflex

    Not sure about the dents you mention, but put Remflex gaskets on 440 with iron exhaust with 1/8+ gaps between manifolds and heads...torqued to iron exhaust torque spec, retorqued...no leaks at all...years later still no leaks and no need to retorque.
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    Trick Flow 440 heads, The Real Deal?

    The information sheet IQ52 posted shows minimum bore size of 4.32 inch. The bore size on my 383/432 is 4.28, that is of course .02 inch less radius...not much. Is the trick flow minimum bore due to combustion chamber size, or valve diameter, or?? Can someone measure the combustion chamber...
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    crank balance change from flywheel to flexplate

    360 engine with oem cast crank, oem front damper, Ross forged pistons, eagle rods, and steel flywheel. Externally balanced including damper and flywheel mods. The new owner of the engine installed a flexplate for auto trany. Can he take the flywheel and flexplate and have them weight matched...
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    Recommendation Wanted: Valve Cover Gaskets

    I use cork or black felpro type gaskets, coat them with black RTV and let it get a little tacky before installing the valve covers. Apply masking tape to all of the cylinder head contact surface...then install the valve covers. Let sit overnite, Remove the valve covers and remove the tape from...
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    Would or Wouldnt cut

    Years ago my boss trimmed the inside edge back a little and swelled the fender opening out a little on his 67 427 Fairlane. When done there was just enough room to clear the slicks, and at the races no one ever noticed or said anything. He still kept winning 'best of show' awards.
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    Engine assembly tips

    Gather all info measured from your parts to fill out a static/dynamic compression ratio calculator, such as: https://www.uempistons.com/index.php?main_page=calculators&type=comp&zenid=dbd552556747ec33237d796b8b5145a3 For the intake closing point, use the actual number listed on the cam specs...
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    Perfacar - Ok, I will ditch the pushrod oiling and assemble with engine oil. Moper - what are you doing to increase topside oil volume? flycut the cam journal at each oil hole to increase the degrees of rotation when oil flows, or cut a full circumference groove in the cam journal for...
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    Fair enough. So just heavy duty engine oil? How to fill the rocker shafts with oil without turning the cam to just the right clock position? Or should I find the cam clock position vs crankshaft clock position to allow oil to each rocker shaft while pre-oiling? Moper - I will replace the...
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    I did not. I thought maybe the lifter location in the lifter bores or lifter internal design had an effect on whether the lifters were allowing oil to the pushrods or not. School me on this...should oil have been leaving the tops of the pushrods regardless of lifter position in the...
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    Ok I preoiled the engine block, so the lifters should have had oil real soon on start-up. I'll look again at pushrod cup and ball diameters, lifter cup diameter, and rocker adjuster ball.
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    Thanks for the replies. Lifters are Crower, and are AMC type with provision to pushrod oil. Rocker arms are Crane iron, they have internal groove to provide oil to rocker shaft and adjuster end. Rocker adjusters are out 2 threads, so they should be receiving oil from rocker arm. Are the...
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    Pushrod cup ends turning blue

    432 "B" engine, Crower hyd street cam with .50 valve lift, Comp single valve springs with 120# seat and under 300# open. Smith Bros ball/cup pushrods with thru the pushrod oiling activating Crane 1.5 ratio iron rocker arms. After approx 600 miles the cup ends of most of the pushrods (not all...
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    balancer coming apart

    what tubtar said
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    Stripe or not

    Great idea. If you did not have the black roof, you would have more color coordinated options. Ask a few women that are good at picking colors. With the rest of the car...black is your best choice IMO
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    Timing chain still loose

    Yes, tensioner is Mopar Performance part. http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=136340
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