[My427stang]

I lurk more than post here,but yes, Crane is gone, unless some magic happens, and yes their FE rockers were poor.

I wouldnt buy them even if they were 1/2 price sellout after spending a lot of time with them. I was one of the 4-5 guys who initially bought them and reported all the measurements and problems on the FE forum. The bores werent anodized well, which they claim caused the wear, not sure if they fixed that, but also the design was not FE specific.

They required special length pushrods, they pushed the pushrods farther out toward the intake, which is already a tight area for clearance with good pushrods or high lift, and the roller wheel was equally off toward the outside of valve tip. Overall it was the wrong rocker, close, but wrong and anything but a mild setup with lots of pushrod clearance caused problems with those rockers

I wanted to use them, they were dirt cheap, but I couldnt get there and Crane bought them back. Ersons are a bolt on and very very nice. The difference in quality is night and day.

FYI, during the measuring, I had Dove, Harland Sharp, and the Cranes all on the bench for comparison, and the Crane was noticeably lower quality just looking at them.

If there is any question, to be clear, the Ersons are 300 dollars better, and the Cranes were not good enough.

Another option are the ones Brent Lykins is selling, the price is right, although I havent used them, there hasnt been any complaints floating around yet. Thats a good sign LOL