Do 1.8 rocker arms help??
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Do 1.8 rocker arms help?? I gotta 2002 TA RA convert with slp airlid, bbk long tubes, ory, magnaflow cb. Will swapping the rocker arms with 1.8 make enough horspower and tourque gain to warrent the work. Just wondering.
i want to get as much hp/tq without going into the motor. I know wishful thinking!!! any ideas guys and girls??? Great site by the way!!!! Thanks for any help in advance!!!!
i want to get as much hp/tq without going into the motor. I know wishful thinking!!! any ideas guys and girls??? Great site by the way!!!! Thanks for any help in advance!!!! 
1.8 rockers require better valve springs. When you add that to the cost and then figure the $/hp, it really isn't a worthwhile mod. If you do the work yourself, a cam is not much more and will provide a lot more power.
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I forgot to say it has a m6 and 58k miles on it. So it would be better to save up and go with a cam? I was reading that a head and cam swap adds like 150 hp. Will a head and cam swap really have that much gain?? I've been a small block chevy man since i was big enough to pick up a wrench and i never saw that much of a gain from just that.
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Also wouldn't he need new valve springs with a cam swap?
I forgot to say it has a m6 and 58k miles on it. So it would be better to save up and go with a cam? I was reading that a head and cam swap adds like 150 hp. Will a head and cam swap really have that much gain?? I've been a small block chevy man since i was big enough to pick up a wrench and i never saw that much of a gain from just that.
