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Fordboy posting about a Turbonator... :lol:

 

Sorry I know someone will say it, I just wanna beat em :confused:

why beat him? convert him!

 

I don;t know much about the roller rocjers yet, but I guess I'm too lazy to raid 60v6 for info. :P

around 10 hp.

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Basically, roller rockers are lighter than the stampted steel/roller tip that we have, therefore lightening up the valvetrian. And they greatly reduce friction. Both of those combined create power.

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I still cant believe Sam Memmolo stands behind that product. I used to watch his show, but he lost all his credibility when he started talking up the Steal-u-money...

 

...it swirls the incoming air for better combustion......

wtf is the air normally doing??? dragging? :lol:

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Well when you say 3100, do you mean stamped steel rockers or roller tip rockers? Theres a fairly big difference between the two. Roller rockers are completly different from both.

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mentioning the Turbonator (or IAT resisitor mod for that matter) as a "mod" is a sure fire way to get flamed and destroy your credibility on car forums :lol:

 

buy anways, roller rocker gains probably all depends on the setup. for a stock engine maybe 5hp? for a modified engine that can take greater advantage of more airflow the gains will be greater. that's just assumptions on my part though.

 

there are only 3 real power adders:

 

- turbocharger

- supercharger

- nitrous

 

and those all basically do the same thing (i use that phrase very loosely) just different ways of doing it. they just add more oxygen to the intake charge.

 

or if you're a REAL man you'll cut holes in your floorpan and do it Fred Flintstone style for MaD P0W34.

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Well when you say 3100, do you mean stamped steel rockers or roller tip rockers? Theres a fairly big difference between the two. Roller rockers are completly different from both.

 

Whoever mentioned the 3100 above is referring to the '94-95(and some '93's) stamped 1.6 ratio rocker arms. I punched in the info for a NA 3.1 before on desktop dyno and it said those are worth a peak gain of 2hp(it was a steady gain of 2hp on average in the upper rpms) on a stock 3.1.

 

IF the actual gain for stamped 1.6's is 2hp, then the roller tipped rockers probably yield around 5-6hp and the rollers(crane gold) probably give you a good 10hp increase.

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Well when you say 3100, do you mean stamped steel rockers or roller tip rockers? Theres a fairly big difference between the two. Roller rockers are completly different from both.

 

Whoever mentioned the 3100 above is referring to the '94-95(and some '93's) stamped 1.6 ratio rocker arms. I punched in the info for a NA 3.1 before on desktop dyno and it said those are worth a peak gain of 2hp(it was a steady gain of 2hp on average in the upper rpms) on a stock 3.1.

 

for the low cost and ease of installation of that mod i'd definately do it! gains will probably be greater than 2hp on a boosted and or(?) cammed engine.

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for the low cost and ease of installation of that mod i'd definately do it! gains will probably be greater than 2hp on a boosted and or(?) cammed engine.

 

I think the stamped 1.6's should add at least 10hp to most boosted 3.1's. I could actually feel a difference on the TGP after installing them.

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for the low cost and ease of installation of that mod i'd definately do it! gains will probably be greater than 2hp on a boosted and or(?) cammed engine.

 

I think the stamped 1.6's should add at least 10hp to most boosted 3.1's. I could actually feel a difference on the TGP after installing them.

 

i'm gonna have to talk Dan into doing that mod to the Cutlass.

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oh wow i forgot about the stamped ones

 

i was talkin bout the roller tips on the newer 3100s

 

those can't be added to the GEN-II without alot of work (and it would be "hacked" IMO). not worth the trouble adding those to 2.8/3.1 engine IMO (the stock LA1/LG8 roller rockers that is).

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oh wow i forgot about the stamped ones

 

i was talkin bout the roller tips on the newer 3100s

 

The later 3100's have roller fulcrum rocker arms, not roller tipped for what it's worth.

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Fulcrum roller rockers are where they mount to the stud. GM never put any of that in any 60*v6. I dont even think you can get fulcrum roller rockers without the tip being a roller as well. The ones on the '96+ 3100's are roller tipped rockers. They have a roller where the vavle is.

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Fulcrum roller rockers are where they mount to the stud. GM never put any of that in any 60*v6. I dont even think you can get fulcrum roller rockers without the tip being a roller as well. The ones on the '96+ 3100's are roller tipped rockers. They have a roller where the vavle is.

 

There are no factory roller tip rocker arms in 3100's, the 96+ got roller fulcrum rocker arms as I stated.

 

Here's a picture in which you can clearly see the fulcrum is a roller type setup and the tips are stamped.

http://www.domesticcrew.com/colin/Diagnosis/LIM01.jpg

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Fulcrum roller rockers are where they mount to the stud. GM never put any of that in any 60*v6. I dont even think you can get fulcrum roller rockers without the tip being a roller as well. The ones on the '96+ 3100's are roller tipped rockers. They have a roller where the vavle is.

 

 

yeah, you have it backwards.

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do they make roller tip rockers for the LHO 3.1L mpfi engine because i was gonna get them with bens chip with erg delete and the chip functions all tuned to max the engine out and a 2 bar map sensor for the LG5 along with the ffp under drive pulley to go with my custom intake and catco cat back exhaust and 160 t stat which should give that engine some pretty good pep i hope hell it will already light the tires with the mods i got already

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