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cobra1923 · 02-17-2006, 11:50 AM

I read about it years ago in one of the rags, but I think it placed the rocker arm contact slightly off center and at an angle to the valve stem - that put slight lateral pressure on the valve and ultimately the guides. The article was pretty techy but it sounded convincing. Honestly I ran 1.7's in all but one of my 5.0s and never had any problems (30K miles at the most).. Once I read the article I stopped using them and just used the cam to get the lift I wanted. It was never because I actually dropped a valve guide.

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cobra1923 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Baltimore Posts: 575	I read about it years ago in one of the rags, but I think it placed the rocker arm contact slightly off center and at an angle to the valve stem - that put slight lateral pressure on the valve and ultimately the guides. The article was pretty techy but it sounded convincing. Honestly I ran 1.7's in all but one of my 5.0s and never had any problems (30K miles at the most).. Once I read the article I stopped using them and just used the cam to get the lift I wanted. It was never because I actually dropped a valve guide. __________________ 2003 10th Anniversary Cobra Convertible All Stock and staying that way... well maybe some pipes since it's so quiet..ahhhh! it's a sickness 1995 mustang GT vert - all black (almost back together)