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Old Feb 24, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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ok im having this installed next week, is this everything i would need?

ms3 cam 237-242 603-609 113lsa
comp prc springs
tsp pushrods
Ti Valve Spring Retainer with std locks
comp 850-16 lifters
yella terra roller rockers 1.7:1
double roller timing chain
fms ported oil pump
ls6 heads from a 03 zo6
arp head studs
all new bolts and gaskets etc.
speed density tune by SQR

That should be every thing i need right.
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Looks good to me. What length are the PR's?
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might want to look into injectors, i just did heads/cam and im guessing most likely ill need new injectors, ill know for sure when i get it dyno tuned though in spring
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Why are you going with new rockers? Aren't the stock 1.7? They should be fine..
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Injectors would be a nice addition. Maybe some 30# SVO's or a little bit bigger.
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Why are you going with new rockers? Aren't the stock 1.7? They should be fine..
with that cam he's playing in the 6500-7000 rpm range. An upgrade at the rockers isnt that bad an idea, but certainly arguable as to needed or not. Some say 6500 rpms is the limit they would run stock rockers at
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Looks good to me. What length are the PR's?
they are 7.40
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Why are you going with new rockers? Aren't the stock 1.7? They should be fine..
just to be safe, plus i got them for a hell of a deal!
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Injectors would be a nice addition. Maybe some 30# SVO's or a little bit bigger.
yeah ive been thinking about injectors also, cause im gonna spray too some time in the future.
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i talked to the guys at the shop and they said that my injectors would be fine until i spray it but to go ahead and upgrade to a racetronix fuel pump.
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yeah ive been thinking about injectors also, cause im gonna spray too some time in the future.
Spray Ehh??? I think that if you do anything over a 100 you will want to go 42# just so you don't lean out and ....*poof* LS1 Soup.
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make sure you do a stg 2 port job on those z06 heads otherwise why bother putting that big of a cam in there.
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