solid lash adjusters?

[Tony Hanna]

Has anybody ever given any thought to drilling and tapping the ends of the rockers and running a lash adjustment screw/lock nut between the rocker and the valve stem instead of the hydraulic setup? I don't know what kind of machine work would be involved or if it would even be possible, but the thought crossed my mind and I figured I'd throw it out to see what everybody thinks. If it could be done, it might be a one time cost effective solution to replacing lifters, and should be really nice for someone that's running high rpms.

[Aries_Turbo]

ive heard it cracks the head where the lifter sits from the lack of cushioning. I wonder if some reinforcements could be made.

Brian

[turbovanman²]

SMP did it and I thought he had no problems. Maybe contact Wallace or Cindy. I also thought I heard that they were coming out with them.

[mcsvt]

Now that I think about it yes Stephane does run them. I have watched him check the valve clearance after/before each round at the races last year.

[Tony Hanna]

Brian,
I think it's the 8 valve head that has the problem cracking the lifter bores with solid adjusters. Since this is TIII, it would actually be the rocker arm itself that could possibly crack. They're pretty beefy though, so I doubt it would be too likely.

Simon and Gary,
Cool! I thought it might work. I don't know how many engines I've seen setup like that from the factory, so it's a proven method. It would also be really nice to just spend a few minutes with a couple wrenches and feeler gauge when the valvetrain gets noisy instead of spending several hundred dollars on parts.

[mcsvt]

I'll look for my pictures tonight :) There may be some in my gallery as well.

[Tony Hanna]

I'll look for my pictures tonight :) There may be some in my gallery as well.

Man you've got a lot of pictures in your gallery! Took a little bit of looking, but I think I found the one you're talking about. This is exactly what I had in mind.:)
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/showfull.php?photo=2188
http://www.turbo-mopar.com/forums/photopost/data/579/medium/SunBrokenRockerBlur.JPG

[Aries_Turbo]

oops, i forgot i was in the TIII section lol

Brian

[Tony Hanna]

oops, i forgot i was in the TIII section lol

Brian

It's all good.:thumb:
I had hoped that was what happened, otherwise there was something extremely screwy about the TIII head that I wasn't taking into account.:)

[Aries_Turbo]

hehe :)

Brian

[Tony Hanna]

I wonder how much a person would have in getting a set drilled and tapped at a machine shop? Anybody have an extra set of rockers I can experiment on??:D