1.54 ratio rockers, so you need to be certain you're getting

               what you pay for!     Hope this helps

                                                 Bill

Rule of thumb is, buy name-brand parts from a well established supplier.  If you aren't building a race car, why wouldn't you stay with stock Ford parts?  Your rocker arms probably ran for 50 years with the original push rods and lifters.  If they look good, they will probably last another 50.  When you depart from stock and get into racing parts, lots of problems appear.  Instead of your valve springs pushing at 100 lbs, some racing springs compress at 400-500 lbs each.  Compound that with a higher ratio rocker arm and beefier pushrods, then hope your engine lasts another 100,000 miles (if you're lucky).

Cleveite bearings, Cloyes or Elgin timing sets, Hastings piston rings, Eggy, Kanter, TRW, Federal Mogul, Isky Cams, Fel-Pro or Best;  it doesn't matter who sells these parts because you know they are good.  EBay is a good source for buying name brand parts like ARP bolts, if you win them at a cheap price.  All Ford parts have numbers so they are easy to identify, and it doesn't matter who sells them, either.  Just know what you want and know what you are buying.

I see you live in NJ.  Find a good engine machine shop around you.  If you can't find one, I know Pennsylvania has lots of them.  Engine rebuild machine shops have a great source of engine parts suppliers.  Use their experience and resources.  Most shops will suggest the parts you need, or they will steer you clear if you're going in the wrong direction.  Nothing beats a LOCAL merchant who stands by his work and has a good business reputation.  Check out this machine shop's web site for an example:
http://www.dsengine.com/clientgallery/index.html

Hope this helps.  - Dave

I would stick with a reputable LOCAL engine builder who stands behind his business.  If he orders a part that won't work, he will promptly return it and award afull refund.  That's how it always worked in the past.  Builders can't afford to stock useless parts.

My 292 Sealed Power (a Federal Mogul company) pistons were made in Mexico, while others are made in India.  Hastings rings are made in Hastings, MI.  ARP bolts are made here too.  We don't have any control over content, but we can demand quality.  I return junk for a full refund.

Classic Ford parts, especially castings, have foundry ID, and are easy to tell where they originated.

I only know this because I'm in manufacturing in the US.  We make transformer cores.  Many of our customers are constantly looking at producing in Mexico.  They also design to the bare minimum efficency required by law...  Why? Because higher efficiency costs more, and the customers don't want to pay for it.  

With that in mind, Mexico and Canada are kicking the snot out of the US in power efficiency implementation in the grid.  We use a material the produces the most efficient transformer core to date, and Mexico (for usage in mexico) is one of the largest markets for production.  US manufacturers are still in the testing/approval phases. 

- John

I agree 100%.  The drill might have been a bad example, but you know what I mean.  You can get the tool shop brand which will break, or the reputable brand.  Of course you could also just buy 4 drills, and then you have extras

I couldn't say it better, John.

This sense of entitlement is profound and prolific.  Last "Black Friday," a New York Wal-Mart employee was trampled TO DEATH by shoppers in a frenzy to buy as much Communist Chinese goods as possible.  “When they were saying they had to leave, that an employee got killed, people were yelling, ‘I’ve been on line since yesterday morning,’ ” Ms. Cribbs told The Associated Press. “They kept shopping.” - New York Times

Along with "Support our Troops" bumper stickers should say, "Support our Neighbor", but that won't happen voluntarilly.  We would rather 'save money' by supporting their unemployment and welfare checks, than buying products made here.  Sadly, when we get our 'stimulus' money, many will hurry to buy a wide-screen TV, made in the orient.  That's what got us here in the first place and it perpetuates.

Too bad we are reduced to buying limited parts that are only made abroad.  350 Million Americans saw it coming for many years.  Before our situation becomes dire, I hope our leaders will advocate for American businesses, and I pray Americans will 'Buy American'.

Dan,

      Prior to GM's purchase of the name they were made in the same plant. AM General owns the HUMMV line. GM built a seperate plant adjacent to the old one. All of the civilian Hummers are built there.The military vehicles are not supposed to be part of the deal. While the locals think that the Chi-Coms will continue to produce Hummers there, I'm not so sure. I expect as soon as they figure out how and can get a plant built the H-1's will sport a "Made In China" sticker like the B&D Drill. 

I bought a nice Buck Knife for my nephew last Christmas as I have always liked Bucks and made in the USA (Idaho) also. I got it home and was about to wrap it and decided to look it over first, and glad I did. Right on the bottom of one of the blades was this horrible name CHINA!  I couldn't beleive my eyes, I felt totally screwed!  I sat down and wrote Buck knives an e-mail letting them know how I felt about their greed and taking from the American worker then took the knife back to the store and got a refund. You just never know anymore.

Please Mr Ford, keep your cars and trucks at home.

                                           Bud