comp 1.72 ultra golds ?
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comp 1.72 ultra golds ?
hey guys i just bought a set of 1.72 comp ultra golds, anyone run them? looking for opinions on these as well as any notable power increase....i know harland sharp advertises a 8-10whp gain and was wondering if you guys think i would get that out of these?
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
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hey guys i just bought a set of 1.72 comp ultra golds, anyone run them? looking for opinions on these as well as any notable power increase....i know harland sharp advertises a 8-10whp gain and was wondering if you guys think i would get that out of these?
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
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hey guys i just bought a set of 1.72 comp ultra golds, anyone run them? looking for opinions on these as well as any notable power increase....i know harland sharp advertises a 8-10whp gain and was wondering if you guys think i would get that out of these?
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
mainly wondering what you guys think of the rocker in general...thanks
Second you do not gain any hp from switching to roller rockers. Roller rockers are the most unsafe way to raise final lift numbers if your whole valve train is not made to run with the 1.8 rockers like the LS7 valve train is built.
Third if you are running stock heads (ie 853, 241, 243, 317, etc...) these heads are not made to run with a 1.8 rocker ratio.
The only time I would suggest using after market rockers is if you have aftermarket heads like TF and so on and then I would suggest Yella Terra rockers. The stock rockers are great rockers specially if you do the trunnion upgrade you will not encounter any issues. If any one tell you differently they are trying to take your money.
Last piece of advice, get a cam that has the lift you are looking for and build your heads and valve-train to match. With a correctly set up cam/head combo and match you will see more than just 10 hp gain and you will have a valve-train that will last as long as you give it the correct maintenance.
good luck
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thanks i appreciate the info....what wound up happening was i was at an auto show and the guy tried to sell me comp 1.75's and i told him i wasnt interested because i always heard to stay with 1.7's and thats when he showed me the ulta-golds and told me they had them in a 1.7 so i baught them. When i got home i wanted to check something about them and typed 1.7 in the search engine and all that ever came up was 1.72 so i found out the guy was either dump or a liar, now i hope that going from a 1.7 stocker to a comp 1.72 fully adjustable shouldnt be that big of a deal as they are pretty close? vs going all the way up to a 1.8 im only going to a 1.72 shouldnt be an earth shattering difference right?
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thanks i appreciate the info....what wound up happening was i was at an auto show and the guy tried to sell me comp 1.75's and i told him i wasnt interested because i always heard to stay with 1.7's and thats when he showed me the ulta-golds and told me they had them in a 1.7 so i baught them. When i got home i wanted to check something about them and typed 1.7 in the search engine and all that ever came up was 1.72 so i found out the guy was either dump or a liar, now i hope that going from a 1.7 stocker to a comp 1.72 fully adjustable shouldnt be that big of a deal as they are pretty close? vs going all the way up to a 1.8 im only going to a 1.72 shouldnt be an earth shattering difference right?
good luck
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yea i have the patriot stage 2 ls6 heads which comes with the patriot gold dual race springs good to 650 lift and all the other goodies also have chromoly pushrods so hopefully thats all the extra stuff i need you were refereing to?