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3/12/2021 12:59 PM  #1


Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

Anybody put Edelbrock heads with stud mounted rockers on a Foxbody 5.0 roller block?   Wondering if anybody knows what length pushrods are used in that combination.


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3/12/2021 2:35 PM  #2


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

Isn't the cam going to effect that also?  My cam is a regrind on a 92 HO stick and the grinder told me the push rod length would be different.  As it worked out the length was perfect with the 6.400" rods I used on the old Comp Cam.


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3/12/2021 3:11 PM  #3


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

Bullet Bob wrote:

Isn't the cam going to effect that also?  My cam is a regrind on a 92 HO stick and the grinder told me the push rod length would be different.  As it worked out the length was perfect with the 6.400" rods I used on the old Comp Cam.

I thought you had Trick Flow heads?


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3/12/2021 3:13 PM  #4


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

MS wrote:

Anybody put Edelbrock heads with stud mounted rockers on a Foxbody 5.0 roller block? Wondering if anybody knows what length pushrods are used in that combination.

I can't believe you don't have an adjustable push rod measure.
 


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3/12/2021 5:27 PM  #5


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

I do have one, but if I have trusted information from my trustworthy forum friends, I at least have a starting point in locating some pushrods.


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3/12/2021 5:49 PM  #6


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

MS wrote:

Bullet Bob wrote:

Isn't the cam going to effect that also?  My cam is a regrind on a 92 HO stick and the grinder told me the push rod length would be different.  As it worked out the length was perfect with the 6.400" rods I used on the old Comp Cam.

I thought you had Trick Flow heads?

AFR 165's


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3/12/2021 5:54 PM  #7


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

I bet the AFR 165 uses same length as Edelbrock with studs.  Will try dome 6.40” to start with.
Thanks, Bullet


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3/12/2021 8:08 PM  #8


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

MS wrote:

I bet the AFR 165 uses same length as Edelbrock with studs. Will try dome 6.40” to start with.
Thanks, Bullet

I also have almost a complete set of "cut to fit" from Comp.  They came with a drill and press in ends.  Those rods were so hard I only got two out of a drill bit...then it broke.  I was drilling them on the lathe so it wasn't like I was doing a hand job.  I got pi$$ed and just bought the 6.400's which were close enough.  That's what I get for trying to do it "right".

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3/13/2021 6:46 AM  #9


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

I imagine 6.400" is going to be close.  I have AFR 185s on my 331 and used 6.375".  I have a fairly thick Cometic gasket on mine that is 0.040" thick.

 

3/13/2021 7:40 AM  #10


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

TKOPerformance wrote:

I imagine 6.400" is going to be close.  I have AFR 185s on my 331 and used 6.375".  I have a fairly thick Cometic gasket on mine that is 0.040" thick.

I'm using Fel-Pro 1101-1 gasket whick is compressed at .041-.043.  Also, it takes a lot of pushrod length change to make a relatively small change in rocker position over the valve stem.  My test rods give a "Perfectly" centered rocker on the valve stem with the valve fully closed with 6.372 rod.  But, the over-the-counter 6.400 rods show a very nicely centered total travel area. 


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3/14/2021 7:56 AM  #11


Re: Edelbrock performer 289 heads on a 5.0 roller block

Bullet Bob wrote:

TKOPerformance wrote:

I imagine 6.400" is going to be close.  I have AFR 185s on my 331 and used 6.375".  I have a fairly thick Cometic gasket on mine that is 0.040" thick.

I'm using Fel-Pro 1101-1 gasket whick is compressed at .041-.043.  Also, it takes a lot of pushrod length change to make a relatively small change in rocker position over the valve stem.  My test rods give a "Perfectly" centered rocker on the valve stem with the valve fully closed with 6.372 rod.  But, the over-the-counter 6.400 rods show a very nicely centered total travel area. 

I noticed this too.  The ones I used were a little shorter than what I measured with my checking tools, but they were an in stock item so I bought them and there was no difference in the contact pattern on the valve stem. 
 

 

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