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Old 08-27-2007, 09:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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anyone do rocker arms yet?

I am thinking of doing a set of rocker arms on my '04. Has wnyone done them yet or had them done? Do you need to retune afterwards? And what are the best ones. I got a price of $540. for the arms and $150 for HD pushrods. All from comp cams. The motor it stock just an intake.
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Well I ordered my 1.75 rocker kit from crane cams. gonna be do the install next week hopefully!
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I'm curious if rockers are just as effective as a cam swap, i'm told it is. Let us know how it goes.
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From what they claim Crane says 15-20hp. And they work the best w/ their quick lift cam. Not that I want to get into doing a cam. I plan on running the car at cecil county one more time before the install. Then maybe a week after.
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I'm curious if rockers are just as effective as a cam swap, i'm told it is. Let us know how it goes.
No way can rockers be as effective as a cam. Installing a cam gives u more lift AND duration. Rockers just give you more lift.
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No way can rockers be as effective as a cam. Installing a cam gives u more lift AND duration. Rockers just give you more lift.
you see more time off the seat due to the "longer" ratio. not much but there is an increase in seen duration. 2-3 degrees
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I would do the springs also.
Adding larger ratio rocker arms increase lift and have minimal effect on duration because you are opening the valve sooner than it was before. I don't know what the stock lift on the ls1 off the top of my head but you can multiply it by 1.7(stock) to find out and then multiply 1.8 and that will give you how much approx lift you had gained.
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Well I ordered my 1.75 rocker kit from crane cams. gonna be do the install next week hopefully!
Are you sure its 1.75 or 1.85 stock is 1.7:1?
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