My Repower Adventure
Day 1 of my 460 engine replacement. This is a 460 Ford project with EEC IV, OBD I, speed density computer. Tune and drivability will be addressed, if necessary, when the new engine is runni...
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Stefonius wrote:Bird Freak wrote:X2... All that work on the engine and no roller lifters or rockers?
With the cam your running I would install some roller tip rockers from Comp. Cams. It would stop the side load on the valves and make your guides live a lot longer.
The cam is a very mild RV cam with about 0.040" more lift than the OEM cam.
This is NOT a high RPM, high performance engine that needs special after market items.
After market roller tipped rockers have proven to be less reliable on high mileage 460s than OEM. Then there is the problem of getting the proper rocker are geometry with after market rockers.
After 138,000 on the heads, the valve guides are with in specs and the OEM rocker arms are going back on. No need to fix something that's not broke.
Go spend some time on 460Ford.com and you'll see why I'm doing the build the way I am.
Thanks for your concerm.
Richard
