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    Quote Originally Posted by 34_40 View Post
    The Pat & Mike Show! We both know what system your using. And we both agree and maintain, use a londer pushrod to get your spec-ed pre-load.

    Back "in the old days" when I was playing / racing with clevelands, we would shorten the mounts to the rockers to gain pre-load, or add shim stock as Pat mentions.

    "IF" your certain you haven't achieved the required pre-load, then use the +.020" (or .030") pushrods, remember the kiss principle!
    last one i shorten was a cleveland.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
    last one i shorten was a cleveland.
    As a member of the Pat & Mike show.. there's a certain irony in that.

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    Well guys - I'm gonna try it 'My Way' as a famous Paul Anka song that was sung by Frank S says.

    One bit of advice that Pat hinted at (well, actually said) was the valve tip roller on the Harland Sharp rockers was too big - .305" - so am now probably going to have to call on my friends at Summit for $omething el$e as the Scorpions I thought I had an inexpensive lead on are 7/16" stud, not the 3/8" that I'll need.

    And if it doesn't work, you all have my permission to do "Na Na - I told ya so, I told ya so" and I will bow my head in shame. But - a look on the positive side - someone will be able to buy that mistake at a loss to me
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