I like the technical. I read the site on the roller rockers. I appreciate you guys help.
With the trans, we just let it warm up. Once we start rolling, it is good from a standing start up. I blew the governer gear on the way here from LA to Tampa. At that time, we cleaned and replaced the filter, and flushed the fluid. We live with that.
On the rockers. The cam is one bump up from dead stock. It is a torque cam. Real mild. I am wondering, if I go to 1.6/1, I do get more power. I changed the rear to a posi and went from 3.23 to 2.73. It has a balanced torquer manifold, and carb. It does have a shudder at idle, and backing up the shudder is noticeable. If I go with 1.5 rollers, I get the cam and engine probably just balanced. That might be the ticket for our use. I wonder if, I just dropped in 1.6 rollers what benefit I might get. I want smooth, and strong. It is a Van.
I want to get good mileage and reliability. I might go with 1.5 intake, and 1.6 for exhaust. I still need advice on this.
The valve smoking. It is really a puff on start up in the morning. When I got the engine rebuilt, the mechanic was pretty good and cared about the results. We stayed local and made small trips untill we had 500 miles on it. At 500 miles, we went from LA., to Tampa. We went easy, and varied the speed. We were loaded and took hills real easy.
The valve smoking is no problem, and the oil consumption is negligeable. 1qt every 3000 miles. I can live with that. We went with a larger pump, it idles at 28lbs, and cruises at 48. I do like pressure.
Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it.
What I do with the rockers. The original rockers are in place, and they have wear.