I've been kicking the idea of replacing my stock rockers and springs with the 1.8 rocker kit from Crane. This will replace the rocker arms, pushrods, and all other required pieces. I figured while I'm at it, I might as well replace the stock springs with the Crane springs + titanium retainer kit. Is this worth the money? Also, with the 1.8's and springs am I likely to see a power gain from all of this. The engine is completely stock (all internals), and only modifications to the car are headers, exhaust and lid. I do not plan on installing an aftermarket cam or any other engine work besides possibly porting the stock heads, or upgrading to GTP heads.

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Why not cam? I was thinking about the 1.85 rockers in conjunction with the LS1 Hot Cam and leaving the heads alone. What do you think?

 

Its an A4, and I really don't want to pay for custom tuning to get it to run right! Plus, I don't find cam'd cars attractive for daily driving. Trying to remain somewhat conservative on the modding, and keeping my fuel economy (which recently has gone down the *******.. not getting more than 15-16mpg.. could be the stall.. could be running rich.. could be the heat!!).

 

Not worth it.Get a cam grind to your specs.For that kind of cheddar it would be better to buy something else like nitrous or a set of heads or anything besides those.You can find good heads nowadays for 999.99 or less you just have to ask around here <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> .As far as your gas mileage you are correct cam/stall equals no gas but there are plenty of cams out there that will idle like stock only double the output of one.