416 Burning oil and the road to redemption

yellow rose said
I'd take your bet because I think 75% is LOW. It is near 100% of the time wrong when any of the normal things happen...like more lift...roller tip...taller installed height...or any combination of the aforementioned.

Will they run? Sure. Are they right? Nope. I spent years installing blocks on heads because that was all there was. And the customers bitched because all the Chevy guys and hillbilly MoPar guys said they never had to do blocks. But my **** didn't break rockers, didn't need the lash constantly run and th valve springs and guides lived longer. The B3 system is so much simpler it's practically unscrewuppable if you take the correct measurements.

THANK YOU MIKE FOR MAKING IT EASY.

Here is a customer pic of his Harland Sharp rockers installed. It's enough to make you want to cry. Isn't it beautiful?

Uhhh......no it's not! It might be pretty when the valve is on the seat, but when it gets to fill lift, it's as ugly as Cinderella's step sisters.

Funny how manufacturers will tell you the geometry is good based on the first pic, and ignore what happens when the engine is actually running.

Jesse, I have to agree with yellow rose and IQ52 that the shafts need to be relocated. What I know to be true is that the stands are NEVER in the right place for a roller rocker. It is not possible with heads currently on the market. If the roller isn't in exactly the same spot at full lift as it was on the seat, it needs some attention.