A SEPARATE DESIGN Intake and Exhaust
have been used for nearly all engines,
except the simpler in-line valve arrays used on small block Chevrolets,
Fords and similar engines. Anything with a compound geometry valve array
is designed as a separate project for each valve. Nothing was left to
chance, accuracy is within 1 degree of MID-LIFT.
The aluminum is
7150-T7, 33% stronger than 7075 and nearly double 2024. Machined
"in-line" so the grain runs
with the rocker's length (and loads), adding six (6) times greater
resistance to fatigue, aluminum's greatest enemy. Every other
manufacturer uses a shape that is an
extruded silhouette, including all of the popular "name brand" shaft rockers,
which has the grain running in-line with the bearing bore and across the
body's length, making it much weaker by comparison.
The bearings are
Torrington's finest (and most expensive), plus MILLER'S standard design
use of
Needle THRUST bearings to counter the side loads imposed by the
pushrods. First implemented in 1983, twenty-two years before anyone
else. The stands are 7075-T6 Bar, with ROLLED "J" threads, and the
shafts are 5/8" 8620 alloy.
Here's another little secret to what separates Miller Rockers from
anything else: The PRO-SHAFT designs of Jim Miller are established
lengths that are LOCKED IN based on the exact pushrod position rising
directly up from the TAPPET through the head, and where this position
sits from the VALVE centerline, establishing the rocker arm's OAL (Over
All Length) which is then cut in stone and never changed! The SHAFT is
then placed wherever it needs to be for the specific RATIO
desired. When alternate ratios are needed, the shaft bore AND the STAND
are changed to accommodate this new position. The pushrod's position is
not "floated" in and out with new adjusting screw positions for
differing ratios, as with all the "name brand" shaft system rocker arm
manufacturers. Only MILLER goes to such extremes in pursuit of
precision, innovation and avoiding the "me too" crowd.