426 wedge build

txstang84 said
Not a doubt in my mind anymore-hence the reason I asked the question ;). Think about this one: when I working on gathering up parts the first time I put my car together as a teenager, I asked a couple people about solid cams and using them in my car-my Dad was deadset against it, and since much of the help I was getting at the time was out of his pocketbook, who was I to argue?? LOL

His reasons were along the lines of expensive machine work; I had non-adjustable fulcrum rockers in my 302 at the time, so fixing them up for adjustables would've run about $300+rockers. He also told me they'd always need adjustment-like once every couple weeks, blah blah blah. You get the idea. If I had it to do over again, I'd have probably run a solid cam when I bought Edelbrock heads for my Mustang.

Sorry to bore you to death there-lol, I'm still at odds with which cam to use in that 383 I have sitting in my storage unit back in Abilene, but I've been eyeballing the COMP XE grinds lately...either them or a Howards 281/287

if you have QUALITY VALVE TRAIN and set them up correctly the first time and use the correct oil you shouldn't have to adjust your valve lash often at all. that is a blanket statement. I understand that some combo's require more attention than others. When i built my engine I used the comp cams magnum rockers with there adjusters. I set my lash up for break in .002 tight when engine was cold. broke in the cam. reset lash when engine was hot (was nearly perfect). I put 800 miles on the car and rechecked the lash. only had one rocker that was off by .002. that was most likely me setting it that way. the point is that if you use quality stuff and set it correctly they are nearly dummy proof.