1972 Combat Pushrods

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cbacejr

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Hi All,

I'm rebuilding a 1972 Combat engine and have been told that I need pushrods .040 shorter than standard. I call a few places and can't seem to find any.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks,
 
I've seen many references advocating the removal of .040" of material from the aluminum pushrod barrels to restore the rocker geometry that was compromised when Norton shaved .040" off the head face to raise compression for Combat engines. I've not seen modified or newly manufactured shortened pushrods offered for sale



Tim Kraakevik
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"I'm rebuilding a 1972 Combat engine and have been told that I need pushrods .040 shorter than standard"


Hasn't anyone also told you to also take 1/2 of the extra lift from the combat cam lobes?
exh .341-.330 = .011
int .387-.330 = .057

why wouldn't that count too?
 
Its been found the valve train mass on the cam side does not matter much compared to valve side of rockers and valve control was more important than cam side mass, so the RGM steel kit is best way to go and diddle your Combat spot on by trial error creeping up on it, rather than trust some funny math, though that should put it closer right than factory Combats - which don't wear out valve train any more than spot on geometry but may valve float sooner.
 
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