Head torn down, should I replace my rockers?

[redlightpete]

I don't have much history on the head, except that the chassis has over 300k and the inner and outter valve springs were replaced 4 years and maybe 30k miles ago. After which time she's had good oil, and good oil changes. But they could still be ancient.

Well, I have the parts ready to go. As soon as I hear back from te machine shop that my head is still good I'll bite the bullet. Hopefully I'll have an engine that will run the body into the ground :)

Getting a 272 regrind might make spending the money on rockers less painful. Anything bigger than that would probably require more valve clearance.

[SkiFree]

Getting a 272 regrind might make spending the money on rockers less painful. Anything bigger than that would probably require more valve clearance.

Keep in mind a regrind tends to remove material from the base circle of the lobe and not the top or bottom. Meaning in this case its very likely that those pockmarks would not go away (depending on how deep they are).

[Earendil]

Update: New cam shaft and rockers installed. Engine running very very nicely :)