Originally Posted by c20pickup (Post 6405912)

reading the car craft link now, they have a different intake, and 1.6 rockers, slightly larger cam, however the the horspower for the stock iron heads was 358, which kind of surprised me, now i can see where the 300-325hp estimatescame from. this link is what i needed! helped alot! im looking at either the patriots, because of the torque numbers and peak hp numbers or the jegs, but i like the 815$ price of the patriots! :metal: now what is involved with swapping to 1.6 ratio rockers? just bolt on and go? or machining required? or am i better off sticking with the stock ratio (1.5? correct me if im wrong) which is better/worse. i guess i could be looking at just under 400hp, 400tq with a set of patriots or jegs, is this an appropriate estimate with my current setup?