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adjusting 1.6 gold extruded rocker arms?

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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 05:17 PM
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Car: 1989 formula 350
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adjusting 1.6 gold extruded rocker arms?

I bought a set of crane cams 1.6 gold extruded rocker arms for my 89 formula. And I didn't get any paperwork on how to adjust them. Is the adjusting the same as oem rocker arms??

I also bought a tpis zz9 cam, afr 190 heads(68cc 2.02 int, 1.6 exh). slp runners fully siamesed/ported, 58mm tb portmatched at plenum, tes edelbrock headers, 2800 stall. zr1 17x9.5 rims with some mich. pilot a/s 275 40 r17s
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 07:37 PM
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Yes, Adjust them the same way that you would an OEM Rocker....
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Old Oct 7, 2003 | 07:56 PM
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after you run the valves, just like any other SBC and run the set screw aginst the stud turn the nut another 1/4 turn
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 05:30 PM
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thanks. I did do it right then. The engine is all back together and the oil pressure is reading 30 it should read like 55 and no oil is coming to the rocker arms. I dont know what it is. We primed the pump and when nothing came up we replaced it with a high volume one. Primed that one and same thing, no oil up top. Whats the deal?? I dont know where to go from here.
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Old Oct 8, 2003 | 05:42 PM
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are you turning the motor over while you prime it? how long are you priming it?

2 things when getting oil to the rockers, usually it takes a LONG TIME first of all, second of all somtimes you need to turn the motor over a little because of the location of the lifters in their bores depending on the base circle of the cam and the height of the lifters the oil hole may be too high up or too low.
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