Looking for feedback on Crane roller rockers

[fastrods]

Regardless of Crane's demise, I had no problems with geometry or premature wear.
Comp Cams and Dove have no bushings either.
If you are using a street cam with under 600 lift, any of them will work.
If you are going for higher lift and higher spring pressures, then Erson or TMD is what you should be looking at.
There are a lot of horror stories about a lot of companies, I am just sharing my positive experience with Crane.
As a matter of fact, the last build I did was with Harland Sharp and I liked the Crane geometry as well as the Harland Sharp's. I had to grind the stands for the Crane set to work with Edelbrock heads, but it was no big deal.
There is a set of new Crane's on Ebay, which may be the basis of this post.
They are a great deal if someone gets then for under $500 - they are only at $255 now.

[convincor]

For the difference in cost, I'd go Erson. My$.02

[undy]

When I was rebuilding the "first gen" FE for the Cobra I needed to buy a set of roller rockers/shafts. I was looking at Ersons and the new Cranes, which were recently released. The Cranes were about a hundred bucks cheaper at the time. It's then when I started doing some digging to the find pros and cons of each that I found out about the FE Crane rocker problems. Crane's first go-round with them had the ratios off a bit and the rockers were swiping the valve tips a little too far outboard. This caused some guide wear issues in extreme conditions. I also didn't like the fact that you had to mill the shaft stands a little shorter unlike the "plug 'n play" of the Ersons. That additional machine work sort of negated and savings in the cost of the part. The needle bearings are killer too. It's then that I decided to spend the hundred bucks more and invest in the Ersons. I've had the Ersons on 2 different engines and in each case they have worked flawlessly, with a 0.650" lift cam too in the later engine. I'm running Keith's stage II Eboks with 0.060" oil restrictors to keep just the right oil flow to the rockers. I didn't follow the FE Crane system after that. I'd heard some chatter that they'd improved things, to what degree I don't know.

As to Crane's reported demise, it's truely a sad day when we loose such a notable performance parts giant. I make no judgement about Crane based on what I heard about their FE rockers. They produce outstanding products that have graced many an engine that I've built. They will be missed.

Dave

[Tom Cimino]

Originally Posted by fastrods

There is a set of new Crane's on Ebay, which may be the basis of this post.
They are a great deal if someone gets then for under $500 - they are only at $255 now.

Thanks for all the input, everyone. I did see the rockers on e-bay and that is why I posted my question. Checked this morning and they're up to $430.54 with four days left. Already over what I thought would be a good deal. The guy may have had them a while, which made me think they might be the problematic ones, so I'm using Ersons.

Sorry to see Crane go away, though. I've always liked their products.

[Mark O'Neal]

On an up note...I heard that Harvey Crane is setting up shop.

[undy]

Originally Posted by Tom Cimino

so I'm using Ersons.

best decision you could have made.