- 1. Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: Jarrid Gross <jarrid_gross@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 22:49:21 -0800
- Decided to get off my rear, and get back to alpining, when I stumbled across a couple sets of rocker towers I was going to do something with. I decided that I would lighten and polish them like the
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00052.html (7,887 bytes)
- 2. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: MrZAG57@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 08:32:11 EST
- << someone give me a good technical reason for why I should do this. >> Jarrid I can't give you one, however I have seen the polished rockers on an Alpine Race engine. They were significantly smaller
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00055.html (8,042 bytes)
- 3. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:26:38 EST
- My machinist has a holder to reface the rocker tips, and he says they are "plenty hard" after he refaces them. I have never seen one wear differently after being refaced. Be sure to check the sides
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00056.html (7,112 bytes)
- 4. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: "Louis & Laila" <bwana@c2i2.com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 10:22:07 -0700
- According to "The Sports Car Engine", by Colin Campbell, and thanks to Tom Weincek, the God of Plenty that I have a copy, The purpose is to reduce weight primarily, and secondly to reduce the possibi
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00059.html (9,055 bytes)
- 5. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: "Greg Locke" <glocke@ihug.co.nz>
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 10:41:03 +1300
- Hi Jarrid, good to hear from you again My understanduing is that the main purpose for lightening rockers was to reduce valve train inertia, thus increasing the rev that valve bounce will occur, and t
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00061.html (9,440 bytes)
- 6. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher.Albers@bubbs.biola.edu (Christopher Albers)
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 12:54:22 -0800
- My machine shop said the same thing. CNA
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00062.html (7,085 bytes)
- 7. Re: Polished Rocker fingers. (score: 1)
- Author: Ron Tebo <tebomr@cadvision.com>
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:50:57 -0700
- As Jim, Lou, Greg and others have already mentioned, hardness after machining indicates that the rockers probably have a deep case that will withstand several resurfacings before going through the c
- /html/alpines/2001-02/msg00085.html (9,528 bytes)
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