Crank Trigger

[Jim Kaekel]

BTW, I also run 3/8" .080 wall, 1 piece pushrods and ain't ever broke a pushrod in any of my race engines EVER![/QUOTE]

There's a statement that shows your complete ignorance. Pushrods flex a helluva lot before they break. I would think that a 7/16" x .120" wall pushrod in your car would pick up some HP and I'm surely not "Grumpy" Jenkins.

[1320racer]

Originally Posted by Pedigo Perf

Why would you need the best of anything in your cushy little bracket car. You can get by with a lot of slop if you don't need to outrun a guy who is pushing the limits. Clearly this game is NOT for you.

coming from the guy that thinks timing changes with oil viscosity and oil temp who also can't apply the proper torque on a stud or bolt to keep a distributor clamp from loosening up.

Originally Posted by Jim Kaekel

BTW, I also run 3/8" .080 wall, 1 piece pushrods and ain't ever broke a pushrod in any of my race engines EVER!

There's a statement that shows your complete ignorance. Pushrods flex a helluva lot before they break. I would think that a 7/16" x .120" wall pushrod in your car would pick up some HP and I'm surely not "Grumpy" Jenkins.[/QUOTE]
and you would be wrong! Grumpy raced Pro Stock a long, long time ago and built high RPM engines for comp and pro stock which neither you are I are doing!

Further, these same pushrods are in 1000s of engines built by the biggest names in sportsman engine builders, run in the super catagories as well brackets.

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

coming from the guy that thinks timing changes with oil viscosity and oil temp who also can't apply the proper torque on a stud or bolt to keep a distributor clamp from loosening up.



There's a statement that shows your complete ignorance. Pushrods flex a helluva lot before they break. I would think that a 7/16" x .120" wall pushrod in your car would pick up some HP and I'm surely not "Grumpy" Jenkins.

and you would be wrong! Grumpy raced Pro Stock a long, long time ago and built high RPM engines for comp and pro stock which neither you are I are doing!

Further, these same pushrods are in 1000s of engines built by the biggest names in sportsman engine builders, run in the super catagories as well brackets.[/QUOTE]

So now you know what pushrods Grumpy used????? You spoke to him on the subject? You stated these are the same pushrods usedin 1000s of engines again how could you possibly know this to be true, did you personally assemvle or witness their installation? For someone that's constantly quoting "truth and facts" you never seem to have any "PROOF" to support your statements. So you're merely Speculating that you are correct. Now I've personally observed maybe close to 100 engines, big and small in the past couple years equipped with 7/16 or 1/2 in. pushrods (bracket, SS top sportsman) if you could explain exactly why these racers and their engine builders are doing it wrong by not merely using the 3/8 stuff we're all ears otherwise keep your speculation to yourself. Yet another subject you've commented on with no knowledge of the forces at work. Kinda lame for a guy who's supposedly an engineer. Believe I noticed on here someone eluded that sunset does your engines..is this correct?

[1320racer]

the master tech continues to try while failing again, to argue about what he thinks he knows, clearly subjects beyond his experience, over his head and above his pay grade!

My engine builder as well as many other nationally known engine builders install 3/8" 1 piece pushrods in the conventional headed BBC super class and bracket engines making upwards of 1100HP!

NO head rubbing, NO witness marks, NO broken pushrods on my current engine seeing 8000 in the lights every weekend, 36 weekends a season for the past 5 seasons, or my previous engine for 17 seasons! Not 1 broken pushrod in 22 years and over 5000 passes racing conventional headed BBCs with 3/8" pushrods!!!

[buzzinhalfdozen]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

the master tech continues to try while failing again, to argue about what he thinks he knows, clearly subjects beyond his experience, over his head and above his pay grade!

My engine builder as well as many other nationally known engine builders install 3/8" 1 piece pushrods in the conventional headed BBC super class and bracket engines making upwards of 1100HP!

NO head rubbing, NO witness marks, NO broken pushrods on my current engine seeing 8000 in the lights every weekend, 36 weekends a season for the past 5 seasons, or my previous engine for 17 seasons! Not 1 broken pushrod in 22 years and over 5000 passes racing conventional headed BBCs with 3/8" pushrods!!!

First, you have no idea how much money I make but from your post it looks like YOU make around 380,000 (your figure ,four times what I make) second IF you actually held an engineering degree simple math and an understanding of the materials involved would be used to find the answer which would indicate you posess no such degree unless it's in the waste managment field. Lastly again you refuse to answer direct questions or provide direct proof of your claims unless you've spoken to every engine builder and asked them specifically what pushrod (and most importantly WHY) you're simply as I've many times stated talking SH!T. BTW point out on a post where I stated 3/8 pushrods break....go ahead find it.

[1320racer]

I admittingly was foolish to assume a "master tech" with many certificates he earned from general motors technical college and who's skill set allows him to diagnose and repair a "modern vehicle" made at least $100,000 in the year 2013 when I stated I make at least 4 times your salary.

Shame on me.

The op has read our replies to his question and made his decision. I'm done with this thread.

[Jim Kaekel]

I'm done with this thread.[/QUOTE]

Thank God.

[MidwestStocker]

Originally Posted by 1320racer

NO head rubbing, NO witness marks, NO broken pushrods on my current engine seeing 8000 in the lights every weekend, 36 weekends a season for the past 5 seasons, or my previous engine for 17 seasons! Not 1 broken pushrod in 22 years and over 5000 passes racing conventional headed BBCs with 3/8" pushrods!!!

Every weekend???? Really???? Oh you are good???? You can post and race all at the same time???? Maybe you should focus more on racing............

Let's see... 5000 passes / 22 years = 227 passes a year
Let's see... 227 passes a year / 36 weekends a year = 6.3 runs a weekend

THATS REALLY IMPRESSIVE!!!!

[SStockDart]

Originally Posted by MidwestStocker

Every weekend???? Really???? Oh you are good???? You can post and race all at the same time???? Maybe you should focus more on racing............

Let's see... 5000 passes / 22 years = 227 passes a year
Let's see... 227 passes a year / 36 weekends a year = 6.3 runs a weekend

THATS REALLY IMPRESSIVE!!!!

I detect a little exaggeration too......Let's be real for a minute....I believe he uses a Sunset Engine.....They build good stuff for Super Gas And Super Comp cars. They are build to last forever (tug boat motor). He has a Super Gas car that he chooses to bracket race. He says he runs it 8,000 RPM, (I believe probably closer to 7100 based on his numbers) so I suspect he uses around a 4.56 gear.
You don't need a lot of valve spring for this RPM and I am reasonable sure that his engine is not running a cam lift that is anything close to a competitive Super Stock or Comp car.

So, at 8,000 RPM, Light valve springs and low lift (relatively speaking). - a 3/8 inch 120 trend push rod should last forever.

Let's be clear here....there is a huge difference between big cube "Super" engines and Super Stock and Competition eliminator engines. If he were to were to run his car in Comp, with all those cubes, would be like A/EA index......wait, his carb is too big.....So he would be around an A Altered/automatic......he can't run within 2 1/2 seconds of these guys.

So when he brags about having a "Rocket" and no crank trigger, no evac system, .....and he doesn't break parts, remember that it is all relative. I have the fastest riding lawn mover in my area and I have never broken a part.....(a little tongue in cheek for ya)

[Alan Roehrich]

Guys, he thrives on the attention. Let it go.