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 hellbugged
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| posted on March 31st, 2013 at 06:39 AM |
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Might need to relocate the rocker studs down the stands 
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| posted on March 31st, 2013 at 11:01 AM |
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Yeah that was my initial thought, arms look a touch too long even though the sweep motion of the rocker is correct without any shims under the pad.
Next is to find correct offset rocker shafts instead of relocating the studs.
0.383" @ cam
0.505" @ valve
1.32:1 Empi rockers listed as 1.25:1
happy with lift and duration for the turbo considering light lifters, Aluminium case with stronger lifter bores, should be a long lasting valve train
when i get the geometry right.
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| posted on March 31st, 2013 at 03:43 PM |
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It looks like the contact on the lash cap is on the portion?
Am i correct assuming this is your concern?
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| posted on March 31st, 2013 at 09:46 PM |
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Daimo, where did you get the taller lash caps from, it may solve my issue?
Here's the contact swipe on the lash cap, it will work but its not perfect also the rocker pad seems to have a slight divot where the ink has been
skipped.
I thought I'd try the master rockers......Berg 1.4 or so I thought, is there a possibility they could be 1.25 as thats what they measure out to be,
only got 0.477" lift
Also I might machine the bottom of the rocker stand pads instead of the heads, has anyone done this before?
thanks for looking
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 06:57 AM |
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Yeah the bergs smallest rocker was 1.4, they should be marked on the arm, under the cup end of the adjuster screw. P.S those adjusters in yours are
not BERG ones.........how and where are you measuring the lift and with what push rod, springs?
Yes been quietly thinking you might need thicker lash caps rather than thinner. The berg ones made for titanium valves are the thickest i could
find.....there is a set on the samba at the moment, i think i have a spare set you could try (somewhere  )
I think EVERYTHING from case halves to head studs needs to be tensioned down before you will get accurate numbers to use for spring heights.
Try the spacers and other tricks before commiting to machining, even just to confirm that's what is needed.
I remember getting my mind in a mess thinking a change in one direction would be the effect i was after only to find the opposite results
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=38560&page=6
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Cool build by the way 
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 08:44 AM |
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Thanks mate I'm not surprised you would have Berg parts lying around and your build in inspiring.
The Berg rockers I tried on just to see if the geometry changes, they are marked with #1 on the bottom, I also found it strange they measured out as
1.25 when Gene was advocate against them but I may have miscalculated in my delirium of valve train numbers.
Above pics are Empi and Bergs together, lift measured with adjustable pushrod and outer spring only as I've always done and usually inner spring does
not make a difference, but I may as well try ; )
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 09:19 AM |
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I've machined the stand before to rectify geometery, worked a treat.
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 09:22 AM |
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Yeah adjustable pushrods will give funky numbers.... It will change depending on which part of the foot is in contact too. I was lucky to find a set
from the spares that were the correct length to measure lift during build up
I'd like to see both barrels under the head as well.
Dial indicator on retainer to measure with no lash? or off the cam card
Vicious cycle on which comes first," chicken or egg", at this stage of build hey
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 09:26 AM |
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Also how are you getting those numbers? ie are you measuring full lift at the valve and then finding 1/2 lift, or are you working on cam spec.?
Personally I'm sus on the rockers, Empi and 1.25....two things I tend to avoid.
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| posted on April 1st, 2013 at 10:19 AM |
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both, first I measure lift @ cam without rockers installed and find half lift @ cam, lock crank, install rockers and adjust the pushrod to get inline,
I then double check minimum, half and full lift at the valve, note pushrod length then double check half lift marked on pulley with another set of
rockers.
It will work the way it sits now but its not ideal so I'm getting a set of 3mm lash caps to save machining the pedestal.
The amounts that vary with the adjustable pushrod are negligible as I'm getting roughly the same geometry with a number of ratio rockers, seems the
problem is in the heads, short valve stems/too high pedestals.
Anyone got a good set of 1.4 rockers they can part with?
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| posted on April 17th, 2013 at 08:16 AM |
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How is the progress going?
The geometry problem you have is quite common with heads that have larger seats fitted,
and the tip height being lower than original VW.
The same problem is also a cause of not enough room to coil bind.
There is something also a bit suspect about those rockers only measuring 1.25.
It may just be because of the bogus geometry,
but nearly all berg rockers I have used measure a lot more than the advertised ratio.
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| posted on April 17th, 2013 at 02:01 PM |
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And posting this sort of stuff is exceedingly helpful to others.... Please keep the posts coming.
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| posted on April 17th, 2013 at 06:14 PM |
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No real progress guys, it seems the only way to get "correct" geometry is to use the Pauter Rockers because of the shorter arm length. I still think
a set of 1.25 is the way to go as the heads will not flow enough to take full advantage of the extra lift @ 1.4.
I will keep posting and sharing info and glad if this topic provides help and inspiration to others.
The Bergs will need to be re-measured.....between all the numbers in my head and my 2.5 year old measuring everything with the verniers and dial
indicator.
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| posted on April 17th, 2013 at 08:32 PM |
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Are the Pauter rollers the only roller rockers with the shorter arm length?
Do you know which brand nowadays in 1.4 foot rockers has the shorter arm length too?
Is it possible for your build to relocate the rocker shaft using offset steel bushes through modified rocker shaft bolt holes?
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| posted on April 17th, 2013 at 11:35 PM |
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possible but not necessary if the Pauter rockers work, I'm pretty certain that early black Bugpack Rockers had shorter arms very similar to Erson.
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| posted on April 18th, 2013 at 08:08 AM |
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Sometimes you just have to decide if the gains in getting something perfect are worth the expense and hassle if your getting it pretty damn close. How
close are you to having the adjuster inline with the pushrod at half lift now?
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| posted on April 18th, 2013 at 12:26 PM |
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Owen, I wish it was that easy. Close enough is not good enough for me.
@ half lift adjuster is perfect although I usually look to have good alignment also at full lift as that's where the pushrods and rockers are working
the hardest.
The problem is the swipe on the lash cap is not ideal which is affected by the arc of the rocker at half to full lift. If I leave it as it stands
there is a chance of premature wear on the guides.
Fun and games.......
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