<VV> Re: <VV>Summit stamped SBC Roller Rockers in Corvairs

[BobHelt@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/6/05 3:16:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
LonzoVair@aol.com writes:

> I've been looking at Summit's stamped 1.5:1 SBC roller rockers (Summit Part
> # SUM-141506, pic attached) and I'm wondering if anyone has tried to use
> these on a Corvair. It looks to me that, since they use the standard rocker
> ball, 

Tom Schrum of Phoenix has been using these for several years on his Corvair 
powered Devin with complete success. But they MUST be modified and the thing 
nobody has mentioned is the addition of the oil hole in the rocker to allow oil 
from the spit hole in the pushrod to get to the rocker ball. That's a tough 
one because the rockers are rock hard and to make that oil hole requires a 
diamond drill or an EDM machine ASAIK.
Regards,
Bob Helt