Would installing those make a difference on a v6?
-- Gary Hedlin "The Crazy Quadraplegic" ghedlin@theramp.net (business) ragingquad@yahoo.com (personal) **Also Webmaster For** http://garyhedlin.com http://socaldakota.com http://scsilverdak.com http://assistivetechnologies.com ...And Many More!""Bernd D. Ratsch"" <bernd@texas.net> wrote in message news:000b01c22afd$80833490$090aa8c0@homenet.com... > > With Dodge...ya never know if you got the correct parts out of the bin > at the assembly plant. > > However, going by this quote from that post: "Makes you want to run out > and spend $400.00 on some heavily marketed roller rockers, NOT."...it's > obvious that the person doesn't seem to understand the difference > between stamped steel (non-adjustable) and roller fulcrum/tip > (adjustable) rockers. > > Remember, the Viper rockers are 1.7:1 and look almost identical to the > 1.6:1 rockers in the Magnums...and yes, swapping to 1.7:1 rockers DOES > make a difference, to the tune of 18-20RWHP. > > - Bernd > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net] On Behalf Of John Neff > Sent: Saturday, July 13, 2002 10:43 PM > To: Dakota Mailing List > Subject: Re: DML: Mopar engine builder claims stock Magnum engine rocker > arms are 1.74 ratio instead of 1.6 > > > > Sounds reasonable to me, but wouldn't the end result of what happens at > the valve be more important than measuring the rocker? > > Has anyone on the list actually measured the stock rocker vs. a 1.7 or > 1.6 roller kit? > > John > > <snip> > From what I can tell the rocker ratio should be something like the > ratio of the lengths of each side of the center of rotation; that is, > if the distance from the point of contact with the pushrod is 1 inch > from the center of the pivot, the point of contact with the valve "stem" > is 1.6 inches from the pivot (on a 1.6 rocker). <unsnip> > > >
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