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Can anyone point me in the right direction for pushrods to use with Group A adjustable rockers and hydraulic lifters?

Not decided on the spec of the cam yet, but possibly V8 Development's Stealth cam.

Like I said before, John Eales will do you custom ones for £260, or DJE will do you titanium ones for £300. Rockers in the post tomorrow mate ;p)

Real Steel can do you a chrome moly push rod kit with a variety of ends to suit various set ups depending on what cup size you need and the type of lifters you are going to be using.

Warning ball ends vary depending on which lifters you use, the Crane hi rev lifters I used require a ball end of 5/32" as opposed to the standard Rover size of 3/16"

Cost is around £120.00 for the kit and you can have the length optimised for your engine as they will probably need to be shorter than standard which is 8.050"

Cost me £30 to have the rods shortened and the ends press fitted at an engineering shop.

Kevin.

remember the group A rockers use a cup and ball, not ball and ball so no off-the-shelf kit will work, inc. the reel steel stuff (i checked!), unless you buy from the US that is then the choice is endless! Shame about the exchange rate at the moment

Thought they could do the cup ends, if not you could order them from seperately from one of the suppliers in th US would only be a very small
package and wouldn't cost much to have them posted.

Kevin.

Well I dunno then kevin, when i rang them they were about as helpful as RPi, and never mentioned cupped ends for their pushrods . . . almost like they didn't need the money!

Sometimes it depends on who you speak to, the best guy at RS on pushrods is John and he knows all the Chevy stuff as well.

They may not stock cup ends but as they have regular shipments from the states they could probably get a set if the size is known and you ask nicely. Otherwise order direct as I suggested. Alternatively once the required length is known poosibly those ford pushrods that I think Boosted mentioned.

Kevin.

Crane will do a custom set at your required length and with one cup and one ball end to match the ball size of the rocker and the cup size in the lifter you intend to use.

http://www.cranecams.com/pdf/Page553.pdf

Hope thats a help.

Kevin.

Cheers everyone.

Spoke to John Eales and he reckoned he could supply what ever length I needed for £15 a pop.

Still have to decide what cam and lifters to use.