451, you recommended the t&d paired, if you were to do it again. What did you use? (I actually like the scorpions, but damn, $1200?) Leaning toward the hughes.
Edit: cant find the victor specific rockers that scorpion (used to?) make , at summit or scorpions own site. Guess ill have to look at the t&d.
When I got the Max Wedge Victors, T&D was the only company making rocker arms specifically for those heads with the 0.725" Intake rocker offset.
Regular Victor heads use 0.650" offset. The Indy rockers were about the only other option, with 0.800" offset.
The RPM heads I think use a stock rocker offset of 0.250"
Back when I bought the rocker arms, I think they cost around $900 and that is the single shaft system. I did not know they started making a paired shaft system until maybe 2-years ago. I haven't asked the cost on those, likely close to $2,000? But if you were wanting to run 0.800"+ lifts, the paired shaft units can be ordered with ratios up to 1.8:1. Not to mention installing the single shaft system on an engine with high lift and spring pressures is not that easy, you need to carefully work the hold downs so you don't bend the shaft. With the paired shaft system, just set the cylinder to TDC and install the rocker pair. It is also a stronger and more stable system.
I will say T&D makes a nice product. With all the issues I had, the rocker arms never broke. They did get some pushrod damage when the I snapped the two rocker stands off the heads (the center stand on both sides of the engine), and breaking a rocker stand hold-down stud (it was a non ARP stud labeled a grade 8, but i doubt it was even grade 5?), resulted in snapping off the end of the rocker shaft and pushing the rocker arm adjusters through the valve covers.
Called T&D and they sold me a new shaft at a reasonable cost.
With my current setup, I could use a can with a milider opening exhaust lobe, and maybe run a lower ratio exhaust rocker arm to reduce the rocker arm forces when opening the exhaust valves?
