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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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What would you guys prefer? What would be better performance wise and where can i go to get a look at both of them?
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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I've decided to do both. Rockers would be alot easier (time and skill) to do then a cam. If you decide to go with a cam please remember that there’s alot of additional “hidden” costs associated with them. I am finding that out the hard way.
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Do the rockers then get retuned....
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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Do the rockers then get retuned....

yeah about the tune lol...i think im the only one on this site that isnt tuned
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Old Aug 9, 2010 | 01:21 PM
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Rockers don't give near the benefit of a cam. A cam swap is going to be $1200 or so if you do it yourself. To see any decent gains out of it you'll be looking at a ls1/6 intake swap, headers and full exhaust to go along with it. Let's just say $500 for the intake swap, $500 for some used headers, and then another $250 for exhaust, and these are liberal estimates. You'll be close to $2500 in doing all the labor yourself. Labor including dropping the subframe, pulling the heads, installing the new cam, modifying the valley cover, alternator bracket, and intake for the new intake. I don't mean to be negative, but rockers and a cam aren't comparable mods at all. Just know what you're getting into before you order a cam, especially since we've yet to see a substantial gain from a cam swap in these cars.
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Originally Posted by SSCoop
yeah about the tune lol...i think im the only one on this site that isnt tuned
I'm not....yet . But cost wise, I think rockers are the way to go. They will wake your car up. I want rockers, but I always say that I am going to do this and that, but I don't lol. I'm saving for an apartment, so for me the bigger mods are on hold...
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im not tuned either. i want to get some rockers for my car as soon as i get some money together
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