1.7 roller rockers? draw backs?
Drifting
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From: bakersfield cali
cplonner
If you have a roller cam in a roller cam block, the roller cam ( if you were to buy another one) would be a lot more money than a regular hydrolic flat tappet cam. find out from the guy who did your engine what type of cam he put in there.
you will need to know this information anyway if you plan on just changing the rockers and valve springs.
one more thing, it's also possible to have a hydrolic flat tappet cam in a roller block.
you will need to know this information anyway if you plan on just changing the rockers and valve springs.
one more thing, it's also possible to have a hydrolic flat tappet cam in a roller block.
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From: Database Error Indiana
No argument from me. Just felt like it may be misleading to someone lacking experience in wrenching. A couple hours could be a lot longer than he may expect.
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Burning Brakes
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From: JUPITER FLORIDA
I have a roller cam in a roller block, that I already knew.
It looks like It would be the same price to get a new cam or replace the rockers (1.7's are like 300 bucks and no matter what I still have to get new springs). It will just take longer to change the cam but I will get more power out of it because my duration will be much longer, so right now im starting to lean towards a new cam.
Why do you have to take the intake off when doing a cam swap? Is that just to make sure the pushrods are going into the lifters properly?
By the way thanks for all the advice so far guys
It looks like It would be the same price to get a new cam or replace the rockers (1.7's are like 300 bucks and no matter what I still have to get new springs). It will just take longer to change the cam but I will get more power out of it because my duration will be much longer, so right now im starting to lean towards a new cam.
Why do you have to take the intake off when doing a cam swap? Is that just to make sure the pushrods are going into the lifters properly?
By the way thanks for all the advice so far guys
Le Mans Master
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"Why do you have to take the intake off when doing a cam swap?"
Because you have to remove the lifters before you can pull the cam out and replace it unless you you can hold them up with magnets as has been done by a Forum member
Because you have to remove the lifters before you can pull the cam out and replace it unless you you can hold them up with magnets as has been done by a Forum member
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Burning Brakes
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From: JUPITER FLORIDA
Ah I didnt even think about that! I think im looking towards a cam swap and while i have the heads taken off ill have them port polished and machined. Damn this is gonna break the bank! But not like a new corvette would!
