Roller Rockers installed
#41
01-13-2008 | 11:43 AM
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RE: Roller Rockers came today, any tips?
I have been told my truck sounds like it has a cam too. I kinda agree, but i'm so used to it now, that I can no longer really tell.
The hardened rods are really only for the racing crowd. The stock rods are prone to deflection, which at high rpm on a high hp engine can actually cost you performance. For a daily driver such as ours, you'll never know the difference. That's why I stayed with the stock pushrods too.
I'm planning my plenum repair and kegger mod for the first weekend in February, assuming I don't go buy an M1 instead (did I say that outloud).
Aim, Wait till you get the B&G or SCT. You think the 1.7's woke up your truck......
#43
01-13-2008 | 09:09 PM
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RE: Roller Rockers came today, any tips?
I haven't decided yet, but it is a possibility. 4.88's are going to give me the low end I need, so i'm thinking the M1 may give me the top end I think could be better on my truck too. Probably still just fix and mod my kegger for now, then do the M1 sometime after the 4.88's are in.
#47
01-14-2008 | 08:09 AM
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RE: Roller Rockers came today, any tips?
ORIGINAL: aim4squirrels
well, I took it out this morning and jumped on it err... I mean, cleaned out the MCCC, and man, love them! Haven't had this much fun with it since I installed the Fastman! Much smoother acceleration, engine feels like it's not working as hard to get up to speed. Great mod for the money, IMO.
I've got about 4 more mods I want to do performance wise now:
Headers, (Tax Check baby!) looking into the Gibson SS shorties. Still think LT's are too much for the 5.2, not looking for top end, I want off the line jump.
Heads, about a grand at hughesengines.com I'm guessing around christmas of next year.
Mod the Keg, Summer 08, just need the time away from school and a rotozip or dremel. Figure I'll still beat Reid to it.
B&G or SCT flash, I'll save this for last and see how the SCT thing is shaking out. Plus, I'll maximize all the other mods if I have them done and broken in before I go. Summer '09 guesstimate.
well, I took it out this morning and jumped on it err... I mean, cleaned out the MCCC, and man, love them! Haven't had this much fun with it since I installed the Fastman! Much smoother acceleration, engine feels like it's not working as hard to get up to speed. Great mod for the money, IMO.
I've got about 4 more mods I want to do performance wise now:
Headers, (Tax Check baby!) looking into the Gibson SS shorties. Still think LT's are too much for the 5.2, not looking for top end, I want off the line jump.
Heads, about a grand at hughesengines.com I'm guessing around christmas of next year.
Mod the Keg, Summer 08, just need the time away from school and a rotozip or dremel. Figure I'll still beat Reid to it.
B&G or SCT flash, I'll save this for last and see how the SCT thing is shaking out. Plus, I'll maximize all the other mods if I have them done and broken in before I go. Summer '09 guesstimate.
Im gonna recomend that you leave the kegger mod to a shop...I just got finished mine and I would rather have a prostate exam a couple times, get kicked in the crotch, and possibly watch my truck get hit by a semi, than do that again. Took me about 25 hours of work on that pos to get it right. Saying it was a pita is a total understatement.
On a lighter note, nice its workin out for ya. Glad to hear it made such a drastic diffrence, just makes me even more excited to get mine on the road. The exhaust clips dont really show much diffrence though.
#48
01-15-2008 | 11:16 PM
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RE: Roller Rockers came today, any tips?
Sorry I've been gone so long, had a busy week thus far.
Indy,
What was busting your ***** about cutting the runners down? You using a hand file or something? JK, were you porting and polishing as well?
Silver,
This was a discussion from another thread that I can't seem to locate right now,
Ballpark figure: what did a used PCM run you? And when you said to look for the same security group, is that a specific code designation, or are you jsut talking factory alarm, keyless entry, power locks, etc.?
lastrights, yes the fastman was really worth it.
Indy,
What was busting your ***** about cutting the runners down? You using a hand file or something? JK, were you porting and polishing as well?
Silver,
This was a discussion from another thread that I can't seem to locate right now,
Ballpark figure: what did a used PCM run you? And when you said to look for the same security group, is that a specific code designation, or are you jsut talking factory alarm, keyless entry, power locks, etc.?
lastrights, yes the fastman was really worth it.
#49
01-16-2008 | 12:05 AM
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RE: Roller Rockers came today, any tips?
ORIGINAL: aim4squirrels
Silver,
This was a discussion from another thread that I can't seem to locate right now,
Ballpark figure: what did a used PCM run you? And when you said to look for the same security group, is that a specific code designation, or are you jsut talking factory alarm, keyless entry, power locks, etc.?
Silver,
This was a discussion from another thread that I can't seem to locate right now,
Ballpark figure: what did a used PCM run you? And when you said to look for the same security group, is that a specific code designation, or are you jsut talking factory alarm, keyless entry, power locks, etc.?
No code designation that I know of, but if the truck it comes out of had factory security group (which I think included the items you listed), and you try to put it in a truck that did not have those options, the word on the street is that it will put the truck into limp mode, or no key mode. The ones I got matched my truck perfectly, so I never worried about it, but it was something I wasn't wanting to test. It was B&G that told me to watch out for that.