rocker arms for my SBC 350: full roller vs roller tip only

Corky, It's just an extreme energy 262 flat tappet: .462 / .469 ; 218 / 224 110. I just had a performance 3 angle valve job, and I don't know what the springs are but they are new. The crappy springs that came from Eddy were weak - which is how I wound up needing a valve job - bent a valve :ack:

I'm kinda thinking I may just go with stamped steel. (that video just saved me a lot of money LOL)

 

yessir, would love to get paid to build and flog engines with other peoples money LOL. No, I do not plan to upgrade to 7/16. This isn't a hi rpm motor. I've spent enough money already! And I'll be getting the headers coated too after I test run it...... ugh.

 

I didn't check the clearance, but I was able to actually push the eddy valve springs by hand after I removed the heads (after the bent valve). When the shop (they are a performance shop) autopsied my heads before rebuilding, they said the spring pressure was WAY low. I wish I had written down the numbers he told me over the phone, but I didn't.

I rebuilt that engine back in 1992 and I put the eddy heads on in 2002 and never had an issue. I did have an "over rev" situation occur and that is when it happened. The shop said that there were indications that most of the valves had floated. I'm not sure how they can tell, but he did say that.

 

yessir, fortunately no springs broke. just weak.