John, Considering all that was replaced (especially the studs), I'd spring for a set of roller tipped if you budget allows it. They should come with nuts as well but if not, definitely get a new set of nuts for the rockers to go with the new studs.
Dale McIntosh 67 El Camino 1967 Chevelle Reference CD! http://www.chevellecd.com ACES #1709/TC Gold #92 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John W. Lonadier, Jr. Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:43 PM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Roller tip versus regular rockers Dale, I don't know how many miles were on the heads before I sent them to the machine shop to have the 2.19 & 1.88 valves put in them because I bought the heads form a guy around here and he didn't know much about them. I also do not know how bad the guides were, the guy doing the work just called and told me the guides were bad. I had all new valve guides put in along with new springs, retainers, locks, pushrod guides, seals and studs. It's like having a "new" set of heads. John L. ACES #5597 70 LS5 TRIBUTE http://chevellfan.com/index89.html http://www.larueclassics.com/gallery/gallery%20pages/lodanier-chv70.html -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 4:30 PM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Roller tip versus regular rockers John, I can't speak for the technical aspect of the roller tipped rockers over factory but I did replace my stock units with a set of Comp Cams Magnum roller tipped units mainly because my rockers were getting worn and I was installing a new cam anyway and they looked sexy. >From a practical standpoint, they may very well ease valve guide wear although I'm not sure just what is considered 'premature wear'? Did you replace all the valves as well and were the stems deformed? How many miles did your head have before you had them rebuilt and did they need valve guide replacement versus how many miles you plan on running them now? Point is, if you got 40K-50K miles on the original set of guides you should be able to get that from replacements. If you plan on driving it for like miles, the roller tipped rockers may be a good investment. Dale McIntosh 67 El Camino 1967 Chevelle Reference CD! http://www.chevellecd.com ACES #1709/TC Gold #92 --- "John W. Lonadier, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to some feed back on how a some of you > on the list feel > about roller tipped rockers versus the regular type. > I'm getting ready > to put the "new" heads on my car and a co-worker > suggested I use the > roller tip type. His justification was this, "with > the roller tip > rockers the valve will not be getting pushed down in > a side motion where > as the roller tips allow the valve to be pushed > straight up and down not > prematurely wearing out the valve guides". I was not > thinking of this as > in increase in horse power, just looking to have the > heads on there for > a while without having to pull them off and have the > guides replaced > again because all that was done when the heads were > machined. > > Thanks in advance. > > > John L. > > ACES #5597 > > 70 LS5 TRIBUTE > > http://chevellfan.com/index89.html >
