EA71 and EA81 Rocker arms.

[gazza01]

I got a box with some EA71 rocker arms and put them into a spare EA81 cylinder head I had,

The EA71 rockers fit ok, and the two holding bolts side into the EA81 cylinder head no probs, 

so  I assume they would be compatible with the bolt pattern on the EA81 block. Its Just that I 

read occasionally that these rockers arms are not compatible, however going through the

 specifications in Haynes and Gregorys manuals on 1600/EA71 and 1800/EA81 engines they  

do not mention any differences in the rocker arms.  I dont have a spare engine block to compare

at the moment--Any comment out there.

 

Edited 10 hours ago by gazza01
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