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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 12:32 AM
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Can someone help me get an idea of what pushrod length to get for my current setup? I have a 5.3 with a set of 862 that been ported and polished and have been cut .20. I also got some felpro headgasket with the compression thickness of .41 like .10 less than the oem gasket. What would my pushrods end up being? Thanks,
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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 12:36 AM
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You need to buy a pushrod length checker, that is the correct way to find the right size pushrod. That's not something you wanna guess on.
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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 10:07 AM
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Yea buy the tool and measure it. Don't forget to add the preload on top. There is a youtube video by Katech and summarizes the process pretty well.
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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 91LT16SpeedFormula
You need to buy a pushrod length checker, that is the correct way to find the right size pushrod. That's not something you wanna guess on.
This is the only correct answer.
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Old Feb 24, 2020 | 04:35 PM
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Measure it as said,

But you won’t. If you guess at it, 7.375 - .030, gets you 7.345, which you probably won’t find so 7.350’s.
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