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Old Feb 8, 2016 | 10:13 PM
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Just finishing up a build and had a question. Car is running great so far but I was wondering if I was leaving a lot on the table with factory rockers ( with trunion upgrade). I have always done it that way so I don't have much experience swapping them out. Here are the relevant mods I am working with:
Tick SNS Stage 3 cam
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Am I leaving a lot on the table by not swapping out the rockers? Any suggestions on what I should get if I do swap them out?
Goal is just a fun street strip car. It is not a DD.
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Old Feb 8, 2016 | 10:18 PM
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Sorry, vehicle is a 02 TA, factory displacement.
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Old Feb 9, 2016 | 07:12 AM
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Probably not performance wise. The reason I went to aftermarket roller rockers was the scrub pattern on the valve tips for wear. Stock rockers are good parts.
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Old Feb 9, 2016 | 07:25 AM
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Thanks Darth. I guess I will roll with what I have for the time being and see how it goes. If history hold true I won't put but maybe 3k miles a year on the car. So far I have put about 100 easy miles on it since I finished it up and everything sounds good. Was going to pull the valve covers and check them out since it has been through 2-3 heat cycles at this point and just started wondering about the rockers.
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