Crane Cams. The rockers are the same...check the stud size though.
- Bernd
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From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Mark
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 7:14 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Roller rocker questions
Hi all,
I have a set of roller rockers for a Chevy small block I'm thinking
about putting on the Dak, and was wondering where's the best place to
pick up the stud conversion kit. I talked to one guy and was told that
you don't need the kit, but he sounded like he was talking out a lower
orifice. I've rebuilt several 340's, but this will be my first dig into
a Magnum, so I'm not really sure. Also, for those who have done the
swap, what Valve covers are you using? Cranes site says they won't fit
under the stock'ies.
TIA,
Mark
Also, the discussion about cranking off the torsion bars to lower a 4WD,
someone said doing this will put the front axle shafts in bind. I talked
to a friend who runs an alignment shop about this and my doubts about
it, and he backed me up on my thoughts. You can crank off on the front
torsion bars as much as you want, all you will do is reduce the amount
of wheel travel available. The "rate" of the torsion bar stays true,
because the bar is still "lifting" the same weight, (front of your
truck) regardless of how high you lift it. But by not lifting it to
factory spec's, the front suspension will bottom out before they hit
maximum rate, which makes it seem like it bottoms out easier( because it
is, the extra travel that would normally absorb the hard hits isn't
available) As for the bind issue, it's not true. That would be like
saying that Dodge designed the front suspension to bind every time the
suspension was loaded. Think about it, when your off road, are your
front axles binding every time you go through a dip or bounce? The
A-arms and axles are designed to go through their full range of motion
with out binding, so reducing the range of motion will not induce
binding. I'm writing a letter to Performance Suspension Technology in
NJ. about their high rate/heavy duty torsion bars for putting big blocks
into or racing A-Bodies, to see if they could make a higher rate bar for
daks that could be used for something like lowering a little or off-road
performance. I'll post if I hear anything promising.
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