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I’m interested in on thoughts regarding...

Bigger rocker on the intake of a single pattern cam. Advantages?

1.6 intake/1.5 exhaust. Or in the case of the motor I’m working with, 1.7 intake/1.6 exhaust. 360-1 Indy heads if that matters.

I’m considering talking some of the lift out via the rockers, thus my question.

Discuss...

Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: cudadoug] #2715874
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It just depends. I've had engines that pick up with more rocker ratio and engines that don't. Generally speaking the smaller the cam the more likely you'll see a gain from the rockers. If the cam is already opening the valves as fast as the engine needs then opening them faster costs power, it doesn't add power.

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Originally Posted by AndyF
It just depends. I've had engines that pick up with more rocker ratio and engines that don't. Generally speaking the smaller the cam the more likely you'll see a gain from the rockers. If the cam is already opening the valves as fast as the engine needs then opening them faster costs power, it doesn't add power.



Andy, do you think the lobe is just too fast, or maybe that fast lobe is being opened too early? I ask because if the lobe is faster, the seat timing is less, but the @.050 timing will be quicker than the slower lobe. And it will be quicker to .200 and so on.

Seems to me that more aggressive lobe should be opened later.

Does this make sense?


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I don't know what the actual physics are. I do know that I've chased rocker arm ratio on the dyno several times. It costs a ton of money to do and the results are iffy at best. I think it cost me more than $5000 last time I chased rocker arm ratios. Rocker arms cost close to $1000 per set these days with shipping and hardware. So if you round up four sets and then pay for the dyno time to run all the tests you can easily burn thru $5K. Last time I did that I found zero power. I'm not in a hurry to do it again.

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The best candidate for a higher intake rocker ratio is:
1. under-cammed
2. does not need exhaust duration bias (longer exhaust period)
3. wedge chamber with shallow stem angle and valve head close to the bore
4. has enough head capacity and lower end strength to operate at higher RPM
5. not coil bound at new lift (or new springs)

Your porter's input is very valuable here as to relative port capacity in/ex.


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Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: AndyF] #2716071
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“It depends”

And.....

There’s only one way to know for sure how a particular combo will respond to an increase in ratio.


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Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: fast68plymouth] #2716146
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A fair amount of lift is lost on the intake side of the 360-1 due to the pushrod angle. My bet is that you’ll end up with close to the same lift intake/exhaust at the valves with the staggered rockers.

Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: viperblue72] #2716575
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Update: This motor has a dual pattern cam: .619/.631 - 270*/276*

And that is paired with a rocker combo of 1.7 intake and 1.6 exhaust. Thereby reversing the dual pattern cam lift. Results are .700” intake and .673” lift.

Can someone explain that logic? I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but doesn’t that work against heads that are 66% intake to exhaust air flow??

Thank you in advance for any info!

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What is the lobe lift on the cam? You’re gonna gain more by the extra duration on the exhaust than a bit of lift.
Your lift at the valve after lash will be about the same on intake/exhaust with that cam. You lose about .020-.030 lift on the intake side due to the offset rocker.

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Lobe is .412” intake / .420” exhaust.

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The intake valve is larger requiring more lift to see maximum flow. The exhaust is opening with what, 100 psi pressure? Plus it has the big advantage of exhaust scavenging. So intake and exhaust are two totally different animals. When a blower is added to the mix, now you have much more force to fill the cylinders. And a lot more exhaust volume to expell. That is why forced induction engines will perform better with a somewhat larger exhaust valve and a bit smaller intake.


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You’re gonna gain more by the extra duration on the exhaust than a bit of lift

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Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: polyspheric] #2717002
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It’s all clear now. Thanks to all for the input!

Re: Bigger rocker on the intake? [Re: gregsdart] #2717408
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Originally Posted by gregsdart
The intake valve is larger requiring more lift to see maximum flow. The exhaust is opening with what, 100 psi pressure? Plus it has the big advantage of exhaust scavenging. So intake and exhaust are two totally different animals. When a blower is added to the mix, now you have much more force to fill the cylinders. And a lot more exhaust volume to expell. That is why forced induction engines will perform better with a somewhat larger exhaust valve and a bit smaller intake.


Exactly! I am always amazed when a motor makes good power with a cam with a single pattern. What are the chances of the intake & exhaust needing the same pattern????

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Every mopar I've added intake ratio to has performed better.

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Exactly! I am always amazed when a motor makes good power with a cam with a single pattern. What are the chances of the intake & exhaust needing the same pattern????
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Compression ratio has a big effect. A low compression engine ,say 8/1, still has usable cylinder pressure farther down the bore than a. 16/1 motor so the 16/1 motor can get away with a lot more exhuast duration. The decrease in working pressure of the 16/1 motor occurs twice as fast since the volume in the cylinder doubles twice as fast.


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