Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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I was going to put my new Victor heads on my old 526 short block but the crank was broke. Now I'm going to put a 440 rotating assembly into the block. With the heads ported as far as you can go this motor will want to rev. I'm using a .660 lift Scott Brown mechanical cam. My question is what should I do with the rocker oiling. I have a HV pump, Milodon cover, single line pick up.
I don't want to blow a bunch of oil up top if the needle bearing roller rockers don't need it.
Should I
A: leave it factory?
B: Rotate all the cam bearings a 180 and use 1/8" oil holes in the bearing, including #4 cam bearing3 three holes.
C: Tap the rocker feeds in the valley and feed the heads from the back of the block with a restrictor?
D: Do something else?
Thanks
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Re: Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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Do what worked before and keep the revs at the same level? My first thought was the push rods. That is the critical point IMHO. You probably already have valve train parts, but if you don't, pushrod oiling can't be beat. I over do it a touch, with both spray bar oiling and through the pushrod oiling, but I have very happy pushrods 
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Re: Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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Do what worked before and keep the revs at the same level? :
It's a new combo, I had iron heads on the motor before. This is the fist time I've used rockers with needle bearings.
Thanks for you responses.
1967 Coronet, 1989 Daytona tube chassis.
Former cars, 66 Charger, 67 R/T, 69 Coronet, 67 Dart GT.
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Re: Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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T&D offers two different rockers for B-RB motors, the single shaft like stock and the paired rockers, two to a shaft. Which one are you using? I'm going to assume the single shaft like I have on my 518 C.I. low deck stroker motor, I have them on a set of Indy SR heads that oil the rockers full time with a oil line off of the back of the block, I put a .039 restrictor in each line and that seems to be working fine 
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Re: Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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T&D offers two different rockers for B-RB motors, the single shaft like stock and the paired rockers, two to a shaft. Which one are you using? I'm going to assume the single shaft like I have on my 518 C.I. low deck stroker motor, I have them on a set of Indy SR heads that oil the rockers full time with a oil line off of the back of the block, I put a .039 restrictor in each line and that seems to be working fine
I have the single shaft. How did you connect the line from the back of the block to the head oiling. Do SR's oil like -1's or did you tie into the oil risers coming up in the valley? Is there enough meat to tap a 1/8"pipe into the lines coming up from the valley in a factory CI block?
Thanks
1967 Coronet, 1989 Daytona tube chassis.
Former cars, 66 Charger, 67 R/T, 69 Coronet, 67 Dart GT.
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Re: Victor heads, T&D rockers, best way to oil up top.
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T&D offers two different rockers for B-RB motors, the single shaft like stock and the paired rockers, two to a shaft. Which one are you using? I'm going to assume the single shaft like I have on my 518 C.I. low deck stroker motor, I have them on a set of Indy SR heads that oil the rockers full time with a oil line off of the back of the block, I put a .039 restrictor in each line and that seems to be working fine
I have the single shaft. How did you connect the line from the back of the block to the head oiling. Do SR's oil like -1's or did you tie into the oil risers coming up in the valley? Is there enough meat to tap a 1/8"pipe into the lines coming up from the valley in a factory CI block?
Thanks
The SR oil like the 440-1 do I have two motors with sets of Eddy RPM and single shaft Harland Sharp roller rockers, I had the # 4 cam journal grooved to oil the rockers full time, I installed a .080 restrictor in the block oil passage to the rockers at first and then changed the restrictor size to .039 diameter(it is a # 6 set screwed drill with numbered drill bits, I tapped the block for them )
Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)
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