I dunno know about that.... Hammers, banging, flattening, sounds a bit
scary to me. Hmm, do you know where you can find back issues of the
magazine?
Jason
3/16/99 9:58 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Delgado [SMTP:dadoctah@worldnet.att.net]
Sent: Monday, March 15, 1999 5:29 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Question on going faster
In the Jan 98 issue of truckin' they installed Crower 1.7's (pn
73656K) in a
97 dak 5.2 with the original valve covers. I'll quote them "Next
you'll have
to modify the oil baffles on the inside of the valve cover in
order to clear
the new roller rockers. Using a ball peen hammer, the crest of
the oil baffle
is hammered down approximately 1/4 inch." In the picture, you
can see a sheet
metal baffle that runs the lenght of the cover. It used to be
v-shaped and
they sort of flattened it. This mod added 10.6 hp and 6.3
lb.ft.of torque.
It seems a simple enough thing to do.
Dr. Pat
----------
>From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: Question on going faster
>Date: Tue, Mar 16, 1999, 12:02 AM
>
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Patrick Delgado wrote:
>
>> In a Truckin' mag article, they put the 1.7 roller rockers in
a dak 5.2.
>> Apparently there was interference with the rocker covers. The
oil splash
>> shield had to be "caressed" about 1/4" with a hammer. Not
much of a problem
if
>> you know about it ahead of time.
>> Dr. Pat
>
>
> Is the splash shield the only thing that has to be
adjusted? That's
> just at the back corner of the valve cover right? I was
thinking that
> the entire length of the valve cover had to be adjusted. If
not, maybe
> I'll go to 1.7s after all...
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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