Ironxcross

are the stock pushrods hardened? can they handle the pushrod guides?

white97T/A

Some people get away with using the stockers, but it is not usually recommended. Do a search...

96m6lt1

94/95 i hear are the only years with HARD pushrods..if not i would buy the good pushrods
along with guide plates to be sure.

MeanGreen97Z

Save yourself some headache and get the comp cams hardened pushrods for 35$.

Ironxcross

can you send a link to them? would stock length pushrods work with 1.7 rockers?

Formula408

I took this approach years ago with a cc306 and 1.65 rr. the problem I ran into was the lt1 heads were very poorly machined for alignment. with stock pushrods and guided plates I bent several slightly. then I went to good hardened ones which were 100 bucks and broke 2 of them due to misalignment. then I figured out the problem and got some isky adjustable guidplates did some grinding and positioning and all was well. Just make sure you use adjustable guidplates and get good hardened pushrods.
Lt1 pushrod holes are small and didn't leave much room for error.