hp estrimate again.

[c20pickup]

Originally Posted by c20pickup

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! 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?

oops, scratch that, looks like my cam is about the same size as the one used in the test, maybe just atouch larger

[c20pickup]

hmm just looked for the patriot heads part #2168, and theres nothing. and everything i found was over 815$ like what was listed in the test?