New 408 build finally started

Something that is bouncing around in my head is that when I do call Harlan Sharp I may ask them their thoughts on moving up to s 1.7 intake rocker. These heads are really working nice from .450 up so I might be a good idea to take advantage of that. Sometimes I have to rein myself back in telling myself hey this is a “bracket racing engine” but honestly this still wouldn’t be a big cam and I would gain back some angle loses.

The only issue with a 1.7 rocker is the rocker is already so short that when you move the adjuster towards the shaft to get there you are killing the pushrod side geometry.

I tried years ago to get a 1.7 rocker on these shafts for the extra lift but couldn’t do it. IIRC T&D will do it because of the smaller diameter shafts, but that is still a really short rocker to get that ratio.