pushrods

Valvetrain geometry can be a finicky thing in pushrod V8 engines, especially when aftermarket heads, cam, lifters, and valvetrain are added to the mix. Sometimes you get lucky and everything […]

For all its advantages, the LS has a few notable drawbacks—with a non-adjustable valvetrain perhaps being the most prominent. While that’s not a big deal for most engine builders, it […]

Pity the poor pushrod. The loads it must encounter are sizable. How sizable? Consider one of the writer’s engines—a simple 565 cubic inch, pump gas big block Chevy. It’s equipped […]

The mechanical fuel pump pushrod is a pretty simple device. It joins a lobe on the camshaft (or an eccentric) to a lever on the fuel pump. As the engine […]

In today’s video, our friend Eric the Car Guy will show you how install roller lifters, roller rockers, and pushrods on a small block Chevy engine. The principals for installing […]

Pushrods take a lot of flak. “OHC” this, and “primitive” that. Pushrods don’t live an easy life either. They get covered up, never to see the light of day, and […]