Re: Rocker arm changes

From: KARL MOLTZAN (kmoltzan@mymail.net)
Date: Thu Jan 29 1998 - 10:36:40 EST


On Wed, 28 Jan 1998 19:07:31 -0700 T & J
<starwolf@bewellnet.com> wrote:

>
> From: Tim Roller
> starwolf@bewellnet.com
>
> I was just glancing through the Summit racing catalog
and I noticed that
>some "chebbies" run a combition of different rocker arms
on the same
>engine. What I mean is that they run 1.6 on one set of
valves, and 1.7 on
>the other set. Not knowing which set of valves they put
these rockers on, I
>would presume that the 1.7's go on the exhaust side to get
rid of spent
>gases. I was just wondering if any of you DAK owners had
tried or are using
>this kind of combination on their Magnum or pre-Magnum
engines and if this
>geomentry is usable on the computer controlled engines and
if this
>combination was used what did you find as the best combo
as to which you
>ran the performance(1.7) rockers-intake or exhaust side.
> Thanx for any feedback you might have--Maybe I came
across a new DAK
>performance mod??

All the articles I have read on the Magnun heads say the
ratio of flow between intake and exhaust is optimin.
I have the 1.7s on both the intake and exhaust.I would NOT
mix 1.6s and 1.7s on the Magnum heads.
 
                       Karl Moltzan
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