Can you use stock rockers with aftermarket aluminum heads?
Ok, thanks. I wanted to verify whether they were compatible, even at a basic level. It would not make much sense to run them with stock rockers, but isn't there no shortage of crappy aftermarket rockers being run on engines equipped with these types of heads? And the crappy rockers by themselves seem to cause more damage than the stamped rockers in stock and modified engines?
I guess I just wanted to know how far from stock the aftermarket had evolved, I can see some obvious changes such as port shapes runners etc, and even some which require aftermarket valve trains. But then again I have buddies slapping .500+ inch lift cams in their stud mounted rockers and they do it without any fear and usually end up running the hell out of stuff with no catastrophes, just sayin.