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Hughes Engines Rockers #1145729 12/28/11 12:37 PM 12/28/11 12:37 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 426 Cascade, CO reknapp52 OP mopar
reknapp52 OP mopar Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 426 Cascade, CO	I just got a set of the Edelbrock Victor heads and will be looking for a set of rockers for them. I see that Hughes Engines offers some that will work, and they are considerably less expensive than the Harland Sharp or T&D rockers. Does anyone have any experience with them? Are they US made? 6988235-LebaronatTexasLODRS.jpg (50 downloads)

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: reknapp52] #1145730 12/28/11 12:44 PM 12/28/11 12:44 PM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,465 Carson City, NV B babarracuda pro stock
babarracuda pro stock B Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,465 Carson City, NV	No problems on my 360, but I had to notch under near the shaft to get clearance for .620 lift I don't remenber the installed heigth.

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: reknapp52] #1145731 12/28/11 01:06 PM 12/28/11 01:06 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana Dunnuck Racing master
Dunnuck Racing master Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,300 Northern Indiana	Hughes makes their own rocker arms now,they bought the tooling from another company. So,yes they are American made. I have no personal experience with them though. Keith www.dunnuckracing.com

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: Dunnuck Racing] #1145732 12/28/11 01:50 PM 12/28/11 01:50 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,684 W. Kentucky justinp61 I Live Here
justinp61 I Live Here Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 11,684 W. Kentucky	I've had them on my small blocks for years with no issues. Two years ago when I built my 408 I had to grind the pi$$ out of them to clear the Comp 930 springs. No problems at all so far. I'd buy them again .

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: reknapp52] #1145733 12/28/11 02:21 PM 12/28/11 02:21 PM
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mistress member Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 176 South Bend, Indiana	I am running Max wedge victors with Hughes rockers, have been 4 years now with no problems, also using a comp solid roller cam over 700 lift. My car see's about 150 passes a season. FWIW, i am very pleased with them.

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: mistress] #1145734 12/28/11 02:30 PM 12/28/11 02:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md 3 383man Too Many Posts
383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	I am using them on my bigblock with Indy EZ heads. They are not the offset but these are working great for me. Ron

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: mistress] #1145735 12/28/11 02:35 PM 12/28/11 02:35 PM
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WheelsUp73 enthusiast W Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 369 California, USA!!!	I run the comp cams pro magnum rockers. I have been running them over 5 years now in my low 10 sec smallblock.(900 plus qtr mile runs). The shafts look like new. These rockers will not break either. http://youtu.be/t0OVIsU01mg http://youtu.be/fAP_2rxz_GA

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: Dunnuck Racing] #1145736 12/28/11 02:46 PM 12/28/11 02:46 PM
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camdog440 pro stock Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,402 State of Corruption	Quote: Hughes makes their own rocker arms now,they bought the tooling from another company. So,yes they are American made. I have no personal experience with them though. Keith Just a point of clarification on this; Hughes has owned the tooling & programs for their rockers for a while. Probe Industries(USA)was manufacturing the rockers for Hughes as late as 2010 using Hughes owned tooling. Hughes took their tooling & programs back late last year and Probe is no longer the manufacturer. I don't know where Hughes has them made now. They may have the ability to do it themselves now, IDK.

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: reknapp52] #1145737 12/28/11 04:43 PM 12/28/11 04:43 PM
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The Sphinx mopar Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 591 Champion City	I have a set on my teen, they are made in the USA and they look high quality. I havent fired it up yet so I can't totally judge them.

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: The Sphinx] #1145738 12/28/11 09:20 PM 12/28/11 09:20 PM
Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 426 Cascade, CO reknapp52 OP mopar
reknapp52 OP mopar Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 426 Cascade, CO	Thanks for the feedback guys--I will probably give them a try. The Victor heads require a .650 offset on the intakes, and so far the only companies I've found that offer that offset are Hughes, T&D, and Harland Sharp. I've also heard that the Harland Sharp rockers take a pretty large wrench on the adjusters and are not user-friendly.

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: reknapp52] #1145739 12/28/11 09:27 PM 12/28/11 09:27 PM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,874 Ontario, Canada S Stanton Don't question me!
Stanton Don't question me! S Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,874 Ontario, Canada	Quote: the Harland Sharp rockers take a pretty large wrench on the adjusters and are not user-friendly ??????????????

Re: Hughes Engines Rockers [Re: Stanton] #1145740 12/28/11 09:34 PM 12/28/11 09:34 PM
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CompWedgeEngines master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,544 Syracuse,NY	Quote: Quote: the Harland Sharp rockers take a pretty large wrench on the adjusters and are not user-friendly ?????????????? yea, not really sure what the mean by THAT!...lol....H/S takes a 1/2" 12 pt wrench and a 3/16" hex...how much " smaller" should it be?... Hughes did indeed used to have Probe make their rockers. Hughes bought the tooling from Probe ( my sense was Probe was able to make enough money doing the rockers, being it was a small volume for Mopars and Probe also sold the other rocker tooling to a guy in Georgia)). Hughes has ( I believe, Kevin could correct me if I am wrong) another machine shop up their way using their tooling, making the actual rockers for them. I dont think they do them in house. RIP Monte Smith Your work is a reflection of yourself, autograph it with quality. WD for Diamond Pistons,Sidewinder cylinder heads, Wiseco, K1 rods and cranks,BAM lifters, Morel lifters, Molnar Technologies, Harland Sharp, Pro Gear, Cometic, King Engine Bearings and many others.

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