What are everyone's preferences/opinions/experiences on any of the following, and what do you believe are the best:

COMPCAMS : Roller cams, Roller lifters, Pushrods, Roller rockers, Dual valve springs.

CROWER : Roller cams, Crankshafts, Roller alluminium rockers, Roller lifters, Connecting rods, Gaskets, Valve springs, Bearings, Conrod bolts.

CLEVELITE: Bearings, Gaskets, Roller timng chains, Pistons, Rings, Cams, Pushrods,

CRANE CAMS: Roller Cams, Roller lifters, Pushrods, Roller rockers, Dual valve springs, Retainers, Titanium valves, Roller timing sets

FELDPRO: Gaskets

ROSS: Pistons, Rings, Wrist pins

LUTANI: Rods, Crankshafts, Cams


335C

 

It's all good stuff you just have to decide what you want in your motor.

Here's some more good stuff Names

Callie rods, Scat billet Cranks,Moldex Cranks, Oliver rods, Eagle Rods,JE Pistons,Keith Black Pistons.

As one of my Truck Pulling Buddie's told me.
I've built motors using all the best stuff you can find,and I've built motors with the cheapest parts I could find, And guess what they both blow up just as easy.
It all comes down to the little details in engine bulding that keeps thing together.

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 10-Jun-02 AT 01:09 AM (EST)]>What are everyone's preferences/opinions/experiences on any
>of the following, and what do you believe are the best:
>
>COMPCAMS : Roller cams, Roller lifters, Pushrods,
>Roller rockers, Dual valve springs.

Very good systems but they tend to use a softer metal in there grinds then Crane. Their roller rokers are nice, never had a problem with them.


>CROWER : Roller cams, Crankshafts, Roller alluminium
>rockers, Roller lifters, Connecting rods, Gaskets,
>Valve springs, Bearings, Conrod bolts.

I've seen Crower cams that have chewwed up the distributer gear once to often for my taste. The same holds true for there alluminium rockers. There connecting rods are what made them famous and I still use a 15 yearold set to the day.


>CLEVELITE: Bearings, Gaskets, Roller timng chains,
>Pistons, Rings, Cams, Pushrods,

I have only used the bearings from Clevelite and have never had a bearing failure from them.

>CRANE CAMS: Roller Cams, Roller lifters, Pushrods,
>Roller rockers, Dual valve springs, Retainers, Titanium
>valves, Roller timing sets

The only cam system I've ever used and never have had any part fail. When looking at the valve springs look at the "oval" spring. That's what I am using now and they seem to last 50% longer then the "round" springs. I used them in my 383 torquer and shifted that at 7100. I now have them in my 377 spinner and shift that at 8200 and 7500 and still no float. I use the titty retainers but I haven't chnaged to the titty valves, yet.



>
>FELDPRO: Gaskets
I use the stainless steel .010 o-ringed gaskets and I love them.


>
>ROSS: Pistons, Rings, Wrist pins

Never used them

>LUTANI: Rods, Crankshafts, Cams


Awesome cranks, maybe the best "mass manufactured custom" crank out there. I have two, one 3.480 and one 3.750 and never had either of them give me a problem. Both are over 15 years old now, and still like new.


I Use JE Pistons and Perfect Circle Rings in the 377. To this date they have held up great. Still pushing 210 psi avg (when the cam is dialed up for the strip, 185 on the "weak" timing) with a 7 psi differental between cylinders with over 100 runs on them.

 

Thanks!!!

That's just the type of feeback I was looking for. Anymore opinions?

335C

 

Crane valve train, all the way.


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