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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 07:39 PM
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Rocker arms. Again.

I've been looking, but can't seem to find any aluminum full roller 1.6 ratio rocker arms that fit 10mm stud.
Am I just missing them, or do they not exist?
Or, is there a way to get common (cheap-ish) SBC rockers to fit?

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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 09:15 PM
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Re: Rocker arms. Again.

Sure... Have the heads machined for guide plates and screw in SBC studs.
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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Re: Rocker arms. Again.

someone on here selling crane gold series set for $80, idk the stud size, but i think they are supposed to fit
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Old Nov 11, 2011 | 10:58 PM
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Re: Rocker arms. Again.

10mm is 0.393700787 inches. 3/8 is 0.375. So the difference is marginal at 0.018700787. .018 doesn't seem like very much difference. Theoretically they'd probably be fine. That said, the 3.1L heads I had, which had been used with Crane Gold rockers, had aftermarket threaded studs.
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Old Nov 12, 2011 | 07:14 AM
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Re: Rocker arms. Again.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-1414-1/
opps these are just roller tip.. sorry

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