My grandmother (92 years old) heard Steve talking about "valve movement" and thought he was saying "bowel movement" and was wondering if he was having trouble with it lol I almost died, shorted out my keyboard with tears from laughing so hard. Poor granny..
Ever see the part in the cartoon movie Shrek? When he walked into the city and notices the bigger then everything buildings. The next line he has is directly to boost and those manly push rods.
At half sweep or half lift I set mine perpendicular to the valve centerline, whereas if I draw an imaginary line through the center of the fulcrum and the tip that line should be exactly perpendicular to the valve. That will be the longest point from the fulcrum to where the roller tip touches the valve. Similar to the dwell point at TDC, from that point up or down your moving back. From there to zero lift or full lift will set your contact patch width. If your patch is not centered you now know the contact patch width and can calculate how much offset you need for your stands. All the videos where guys show this make it look so complicated, if you draw it on paper you really start to see how simple it is, elementary school geometry.
Poor dog must not like Fords. One minute he's behind Steve working on a Ford and he's looking bummed. Next minute he's out venting his frustrations on some unsuspecting rube.
Always look forward to seeing you (and Kyle's) videos. You explain the science, geometry, and physics of it all in the simplest of layman's terms. Some may say that this much attention to detail doesn't really matter but it really does. Keep em coming. 💯 👌🏼🇬🇺
I love watching your videos, especially the sense of humor you have. You and Tim McAmis would be a great pair to tell us how not to do stupid crap. Lol
2:04, Mr Morris, you're the doctor. I think the pistons on the trophy in the background are upside down. Just an extremely important thought from someone with apparent OCD. LOL. I love what you're doing for motorsports!
you do a good job of "practical" explanation... gives customers an idea of why a new build takes so friggen long and why it costs what it does.. Personally, I hate new stuff and especially so when they need it yesterday... Love the tapered pushrod.. We only ran .500 in the KB fuel motors.. But in all reality, the HP you are getting out of some of these promod motors is the same as a 20 year old fuel engine.. pretty amazing to see low 5's out of a door car of any kind...
I started using a piece of paper between the rocker and stem. It will mark itself and show the sweep of the rocker. You will be able to see if the sweep is centered.
Great video Steve. I build a lot of engines and mostly for street engines IMHO the stock length pushrods are fine but I always check them. The LS's I build I have found really respond to checking the valvetrain for wear and proper operation. Even the junkyard 5.3's get worn rockers replaced and a new set of one piece pushrods. I have an old roller tipped rocker and look for a centered contact patch on the valve tip with a .020" or so wide sweep pattern at .550" lift. I have had to go slightly longer but the biggest problem I've seen is reusing worn valve hardware. You LS guy's wonder what that ticking noise is, check that pushrod tip and rocker pushrod pocket seat.
I think it was the 94 Ilmor-Mercedes Indycar engine where they discovered that if they mounted the cam really high in the block and used a cam follower bottom rocker they could get away with using a 3 inch pushrod for a lessened valvetrain effort .. But really the main advantage was they could get away with running an extra 5psi of boost by running a 'stock block' , though what that engine had in common with any production engine is still not quite clear.
Hello Stéve, love your channel. Have you ever considered Jesel‘s rocker arm sweep, set up? What do you look for when setting roller geometry and sweep pattern? JESEL We set our aluminum systems with a low pivot geometry which results in the majority of the sweep pattern occurring while spring pressures are at their lower range. The majority of roller travel occurs from zero lash to half lift which results in minimum roller travel for the duration of lift when spring pressures are greatest. At zero lash, the roller should start approximately .050” behind the center of the valve stem, sweep across center and end near the center at full lift.
Funny how Jessel (in their instructions and setting tool) always had more sweep off the seat and others like T&D and yourself go with more of an even sweep. Danny said it was due to sideload with big springs and having less sweep when the spring forces were at their highest. I always went with even sweeps which always gave the narrowest pattern and most lift.
You do not sell cheap shirts. And your shipping is reasonable as well. a lot of people I won’t order from cause shipping is way too much for just a shirt. Appreciate you!
Does allison transmission make anything racers would be interested in I just landed a job there and want to know what to put in the lunchbox? Just kidding!
Man thanks for this video, as crazy as it sounds. I race lawnmowers,and run a tecumseh engine that has a stand set up.. only difference is my rockers arnt roller right now. But having a small problem with the tips wearing kinda funny.. I can take this info and see if I can fix this little issue I have. Thanks.
Very informative and straight forward. I noticed in this vid and others I have seen, there are numbers written on the gasket surface for the valve cover. What do they mean?
Damn detailed explanation with an awesome camera person following you closely point to point💪, Steve does moving up the stand higher away from the bolted position make it more unstable at high rpm? And does the "manly" larger heavier pushrods make it easier for high rpm tendency for float , since titanium retainers were used to lighten valve train operation? I didn't ask that right, hope you understood 🤔👍
I bought a square body pickup that had a nice 350 engine someone spent alot of money on it.Iron Eagle heads ARP head bolts Comp Cams valve train ect.Ran like crap valve ticks and taps.Come to find out it had 351 Ford push rods in it which was a shorter and you couldn't get the valves adjusted.Put a set of Chevy pushrods in it problem solved.
Not easy trying to explain sweep motion when making videos..how to set rocker hight and find out required pushrod length. Thanks for your time enjoy all your vids. MAKE A SHIRT PUSHROD LENGTH MATTERS.
So if I’m absorbing this right you would wanna set your rocker height then if you really wanna get technical with the exact duration you’d wanna look to the cam grind 2nd to achieve perfection from there?
My grandmother (92 years old) heard Steve talking about "valve movement" and thought he was saying "bowel movement" and was wondering if he was having trouble with it lol I almost died, shorted out my keyboard with tears from laughing so hard. Poor granny..
No way Oh My i am smiling
Her flapper valve is worn out
By the sounds of things? 🤔
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@TheBigRed. Huh?
Haha Tonya Harding push rod had me cracking up 😂😂
Real knee slapper...
@@HighwayMike too soon . . .
Boost fixes everything, if it ain't broke, it can fix that too. 👌
I've never been one for looking at other mens pushrods, but you might have just converted me 🤣🤣
Let’s not go there😂
@@stevemorrisracing 🤣🤣
The Devil's Drumsticks!
love the Dereck from VGG reference! Love your channel and content.
“Just do it, trust me” 👀 coffin on top of offices. Me: ok Steve, no problem 😅
The Manley push rods in my sbc look just like your Girly push rods.
Ever see the part in the cartoon movie Shrek? When he walked into the city and notices the bigger then everything buildings. The next line he has is directly to boost and those manly push rods.
This is what sets you apart from other channels. I love this stuff !
Love my All the Freedom shirt. Wish I needed a set of Tonya Harding push rods. But I don't. Dammit,!!
Steve thinking nitrous guys know how to read is pretty funny.
Thanks for this, Steve. As luck would have it I need to measure my pushrods and get them ordered.
Every video of Steve Tech I learn how to build engines better. Thanks for all you do for the industry brother. 🇺🇸
just ordered my shirt an cups love the content man
My wife says i have a nice push rod!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
At half sweep or half lift I set mine perpendicular to the valve centerline, whereas if I draw an imaginary line through the center of the fulcrum and the tip that line should be exactly perpendicular to the valve. That will be the longest point from the fulcrum to where the roller tip touches the valve. Similar to the dwell point at TDC, from that point up or down your moving back. From there to zero lift or full lift will set your contact patch width. If your patch is not centered you now know the contact patch width and can calculate how much offset you need for your stands. All the videos where guys show this make it look so complicated, if you draw it on paper you really start to see how simple it is, elementary school geometry.
Thanks, Steve for showing me how to get my measuring technique down Now I wont start with my taint!! good deal!! i got an 1.5" Killing it
Poor dog must not like Fords. One minute he's behind Steve working on a Ford and he's looking bummed. Next minute he's out venting his frustrations on some unsuspecting rube.
Always look forward to seeing you (and Kyle's) videos. You explain the science, geometry, and physics of it all in the simplest of layman's terms. Some may say that this much attention to detail doesn't really matter but it really does. Keep em coming. 💯 👌🏼🇬🇺
Glad you like them!
I love watching your videos, especially the sense of humor you have. You and Tim McAmis would be a great pair to tell us how not to do stupid crap. Lol
The shirts are actually really nice i got a couple i like them
I saw in Cleetus’ last video he is finally going to send you Mullet’s engine, can’t wait to see your video on the refresh of it.
Custom engine building at it's finest. Thanks Steve.
Amazing how much goes in building a awesome engine thanks for sharing your knowledge with us
Dewey is the only one in the shop that can see ghosts, so cut him some slack. He's protecting all of you.
3👍's up Steve Morris thank you for sharing
The Tonya bit was funny shit. Had to back up to watch what I missed while laughing
You need a "Methanol burns everything" T-Shirt too 😁
Or " i love meth"
🤣🤣
I have a very strong suspicion that you could not carry-on the manly pushrods when taking an airplane.
The Tonya Harding Push Rod... 🤦🤦✊🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2:04, Mr Morris, you're the doctor. I think the pistons on the trophy in the background are upside down. Just an extremely important thought from someone with apparent OCD. LOL. I love what you're doing for motorsports!
Thanks for all you vids Steve Morris . Would you do one on Cleetus’ refresh when you get it? Like you and all your motors , big time winners. Thanks
Yep will do
I'm really looking forward to seeing this. It should be fine but you never know.
Awesome video, you show us the correct and easy way to do it the
First time!
Thanks 👍
Awesome video Steve , thanks for sharing
Loved the “cup in hand” example discussion with the nitrous Buddy… mfriggin funny az fuk !!!!
Manton will make you pushrods to the .001. I order them all the time.
So funny my dog started Barking 😊
you do a good job of "practical" explanation... gives customers an idea of why a new build takes so friggen long and why it costs what it does..
Personally, I hate new stuff and especially so when they need it yesterday... Love the tapered pushrod.. We only ran .500 in the KB fuel motors.. But in all reality, the HP you are getting out of some of these promod motors is the same as a 20 year old fuel engine.. pretty amazing to see low 5's out of a door car of any kind...
Totally agree with you on how nice your shirts are! Love mine, especially love how long they are
Smart a$$ lol,nitrous guy still saving for boost and hoops!,so forgive me if im not ready for a shirt
It's all about geometry 👌 I love watching your tech videos Steve, the way you explain and demonstrate what you're doing makes it super easy to follow.
Thanks Steve for the info. It was very helpful.
Lol love these videos
The Tonya Harding!!! Takes a real man to handle lol!
Steve that’s so manly of a pushrod STROKING IT comes naturally!! 🤪
thanks for sharing your valuable time and knowledge
Great information. Much appreciated.
I've bought a few of your shirts and the first thing I noticed is the quality is way better than most.
thanks
Thank you. Clear and understandable show and tell.
I started using a piece of paper between the rocker and stem. It will mark itself and show the sweep of the rocker. You will be able to see if the sweep is centered.
I like how the dog really doesn't get more than 5 feet away from you!
3:35 Those are some "10 year old girl" valve springs!!! LOL!!!
The red cup can also be used to take up a donation for your buddy's nitrous inflicted broken parts lol
So cool to see Kyle following in your footsteps. I hope one of my kids has enough interest to learn the stuff I have to teach
Steve is a Riot 😂😂😂!
Very entertaining and informative!
Hell yeah brother thank you
Ear phones on, I thought my dog was barking!
Great video Steve. I build a lot of engines and mostly for street engines IMHO the stock length pushrods are fine but I always check them. The LS's I build I have found really respond to checking the valvetrain for wear and proper operation. Even the junkyard 5.3's get worn rockers replaced and a new set of one piece pushrods. I have an old roller tipped rocker and look for a centered contact patch on the valve tip with a .020" or so wide sweep pattern at .550" lift. I have had to go slightly longer but the biggest problem I've seen is reusing worn valve hardware. You LS guy's wonder what that ticking noise is, check that pushrod tip and rocker pushrod pocket seat.
I think it was the 94 Ilmor-Mercedes Indycar engine where they discovered that if they mounted the cam really high in the block and used a cam follower bottom rocker they could get away with using a 3 inch pushrod for a lessened valvetrain effort .. But really the main advantage was they could get away with running an extra 5psi of boost by running a 'stock block' , though what that engine had in common with any production engine is still not quite clear.
Hello Stéve, love your channel. Have you ever considered Jesel‘s rocker arm sweep, set up?
What do you look for when setting roller geometry and sweep pattern?
JESEL
We set our aluminum systems with a low pivot geometry which results in the majority of the sweep pattern occurring while spring pressures are at their lower range. The majority of roller travel occurs from zero lash to half lift which results in minimum roller travel for the duration of lift when spring pressures are greatest. At zero lash, the roller should start approximately .050” behind the center of the valve stem, sweep across center and end near the center at full lift.
whoever made the intro didnt think about a car shifting from redline to 2,000 rpm lol
Funny how Jessel (in their instructions and setting tool) always had more sweep off the seat and others like T&D and yourself go with more of an even sweep. Danny said it was due to sideload with big springs and having less sweep when the spring forces were at their highest. I always went with even sweeps which always gave the narrowest pattern and most lift.
Thanks brother
I know Jesel has a tool for setting the stand height that they include in the kit.
Gonna have to grab that bundle!
😁
You do not sell cheap shirts. And your shipping is reasonable as well. a lot of people I won’t order from cause shipping is way too much for just a shirt. Appreciate you!
Great tutorial.
Solid video thanks!!
Absolutely Feckin Awesome
Great content thanks for sharing
another great vid sir, Man those Ferd heads look like they flow r they stock or have been loved on
The vgg shout out!
Am I the only one that notices how the manly pushrod looks like a drumstick for a drum?
😂🤣😂 love this type of intro
I would’ve cross threaded those bolts with the impact 1000%… very impressive
Does allison transmission make anything racers would be interested in I just landed a job there and want to know what to put in the lunchbox? Just kidding!
Man thanks for this video, as crazy as it sounds. I race lawnmowers,and run a tecumseh engine that has a stand set up.. only difference is my rockers arnt roller right now. But having a small problem with the tips wearing kinda funny.. I can take this info and see if I can fix this little issue I have. Thanks.
Very informative and straight forward.
I noticed in this vid and others I have seen, there are numbers written on the gasket surface for the valve cover.
What do they mean?
your pushrod vs the pushrod she told you not to worry about
this guy just keeps pulling HP OUT OF HIS HAT a magic trick
Great vídeo! Regards from Argentina
I was going to order a new SMX, but I refuse to do business with anyone that can't discipline their dog for filming. phht!
Insane valve springs demand insane pushrods. The roller world has changed a whole lot of things.
Awesome
What is a good metal choice for your shims?
Steel
Damn detailed explanation with an awesome camera person following you closely point to point💪, Steve does moving up the stand higher away from the bolted position make it more unstable at high rpm? And does the "manly" larger heavier pushrods make it easier for high rpm tendency for float , since titanium retainers were used to lighten valve train operation? I didn't ask that right, hope you understood 🤔👍
I bought a square body pickup that had a nice 350 engine someone spent alot of money on it.Iron Eagle heads ARP head bolts Comp Cams valve train ect.Ran like crap valve ticks and taps.Come to find out it had 351 Ford push rods in it which was a shorter and you couldn't get the valves adjusted.Put a set of Chevy pushrods in it problem solved.
Stroking the man's pushrod I see
Are you going to clearance the pushrod holes in the head, or is the actual pushrod smaller than the checking pushrod?
To best see contact area use cheap red lipstick works everytime
But I'm the nitrous guy in the pits. lol
That's the size of a caterpillar c13 injector pushrod lol.
the boosted boys need a billet block a 4-cylinder you should make them one
Yo, we need more Boosters
Not easy trying to explain sweep motion when making videos..how to set rocker hight and find out required pushrod length. Thanks for your time enjoy all your vids. MAKE A SHIRT PUSHROD LENGTH MATTERS.
Dewey doing Dewey things as always. Gotta love it. LOL On a more serious note, can you build a NPK rules compliant SMX that produces over 4500HP?
Yes
Hay, what’s the dogs name?
…his name is ROOEUUU!
I’m sorry what was his name?
…his name is…ROOEUUU!!
Yea, what?
…ROOOEEUUUUU!!!
He has no etiquette.
So if I’m absorbing this right you would wanna set your rocker height then if you really wanna get technical with the exact duration you’d wanna look to the cam grind 2nd to achieve perfection from there?