As an additional note on the different push rod lengths, when I went from the stamped to roller rockers, I had to change pushrods. When I used a solid lifter while checking the piston clearnace (higher lift cam), I needed to use a different length push rod. Bottom line is from my experience if you change lifer types or rocker types, be prepared to change push rods. Akron Don Gallimore ----- Original Message ---- > From: William Cole <wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sat, April 10, 2010 8:38:37 AM > Subject: RE: Racer Brown > > This may help or not but here goes. I was running a Mopar solid lifter cam in > my 440 block engine. I switched to the Racer Brown hydraulic cam and tried > using the same pushrods that was in the motor. They were too long and the > valve hit the piston. I had to buy a set of stock length pushrods and > everything worked fine after that. It seems the lifter is a different height > than a hydraulic lifter so the solid lifter pushrods wouldn't work. And > you also have to have the proper valve springs designed for the cam you are > using. Bill C. On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 11:49:52 -0400, "Steven > Charette" <> href="mailto:stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx">stevec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > said: > > Bill, > A couple if > questions: Did you check piston to valve clearance? Do > you > have oversize valves in the heads? What ratio rockers are you > using? > Are the springs binding (opening to the point that the coils are > all > touching and no more movement is available? > > SC > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Harrison > [mailto:> href="mailto:bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx">bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, > April 07, 2010 11:25 PM > To: > ymailto="mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx" > href="mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx">1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: Racer Brown > > A little back ground on this > subject::: > I bought a Cam Dynamics Roller Cam from an ebayer but when I > installed it > along with the roller lifters and rockers, as I was > rotating the crank to > cold set the lifter lash, it started bending push > rods. > Nothing is binding in the valve train. > I have Crower > push rods and have bent 2, along with 6 small block push > rods. > > The lobes on the cam are just too high and are over compressing the > > springs > and causing the push rods to bend. > The guy swears he had > it in a 440 for less than a summer with no > problems. > If any body > has a theory, please let me know. > Later > Bill > > > --- On Wed, 4/7/10, Gary H. <> href="mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx">spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > From: Gary H. <> ymailto="mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx" > href="mailto:spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx">spigot2039@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Re: Racer Brown > > To: > ymailto="mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx" > href="mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx">1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 7:57 PM > > > > It think > it is listed on the 62-65 site's vendor page in the "Engine" > > > section. > > > > Thanks, > > Gary H. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > > > > >Does someone have the phone number for > Racer Brown > > Co.? > > >I remember someone posting it a > while back but I did > > not save it. > > > > > > >Thanks > > >Bill Harrison > > >65 Coronet 2 dr > post > > > > > > ---- > > Please address > private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- > > directly to > that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and > > negotiations > as well as other personal messages only to the intended > > recipient, > not to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will > > protect > your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune > > the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > > > 1962 to 1965 > Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > > > > > > > ---- > Please > address private mail -- mail of interest to only one person -- > directly > to that person. I.e., send parts/car transactions and > negotiations > as well as other personal messages only to the intended > recipient, not > to the Clubhouse public address. This practice will > protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content > signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar > Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > > href="http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html" target=_blank > >http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > > href="http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html" > target=_blank > >http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > > -- William Cole > ymailto="mailto:wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx" > href="mailto:wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx">wedge64@xxxxxxxxxxx -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail