ATTN: red94fiveo and others using Pro Mags with AFRs

[GTJake]

Check out this thread...

http://www.corral.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=469476

I may have to rethink what kind of rockers I'm going to use. I think I'm going to send an e-mail to AFR and Ed and see what they say.

Jake

 

[zenboy99]

Wow, I'm kind of scared to start up my car this weekend knowing I have the Pro Mags inside.

 

[red94fiveo]

Thanks for posting that, Jake. This makes me wonder even more about my combo, could this be a source of my problems. I just switched to a 6.400" pushrod and now the rocker geometry is perfect. I guess I'm going to call AFR and see what they have to say.

Although it sounds like Ed doesn't hold much stock in the whole idea.

 

[GTJake]

Yeah, Ed doesn't seem to believe it...

Total BS from another uniformed Corral idiot....

Ed Curtis
FlowTech Induction Systems
PO Box 1205
Coventry, Rhode Island 02816
www.flowtechinduction.com
Note Telephone Hours:
Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday
1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST ONLY

Jake

 

[SorsCode]

ignore it! everyone that has had problems are trying to take a rocker thats meant for no more than 7k rpms to 8+.... bunch of crap if i may say so... if you notice i've done alot of posting in that thread...

 

[Joes95GT]

Those rockers are the best rocker arm in the industry, hands down. How can a lightweight aluminum rocker get sideloaded on just one particular head. It's just not logical. I think it's more of an issue of someone not knowing what they are doing. It sounds like the guys who own that "race shop" don't need to build any more "race cars". You could always go with Scorpions. After all, they're made in Japan .

Joe

 

[94DreamGT]

You could always go with Scorpions. After all, they're made in Japan .

Hmmm...those Japs must be awful patriotic to Uncle Sam then

BTW...with my FTI AFR's and Custom Cam...Ed Curtis suggested Scorpion RR's which he uses with most of his NMRA Pure Street Racers. And last time I saw, they were doing fairly well, just ask Darin Hendricks.

 

[Joes95GT]

I know that some Scorpions are made in Japan, or at least they were. They was something posted on here a little while back about the difference in color, and we concluded that one color was the Japanese version of the rocker, and the other color was American.

As far as my comment about them being Japanese, I was saying that they would be more reliable. The Pro Mags were basically being called a "junk" rocker because they were being sideloaded. Since the Pro Mags are made in America, I sarcastically said that you could buy the "superior" Japanese product. I never said that Scorpions are a junk rocker, in fact, I too bought a set of Scorpion rockers from Ed.

Joe

 

[Rootus]

I know that some Scorpions are made in Japan, or at least they were. They was something posted on here a little while back about the difference in color, and we concluded that one color was the Japanese version of the rocker, and the other color was American.

I believe the conclusion was that silvers were USA, blues were imported. But I thought it was China that the blue ones were imported from, not Japan. Not that it matters, probably. I kinda wish I had gotten Magnums (not Pro).

 

[Joes95GT]

I believe the conclusion was that silvers were USA, blues were imported. But I thought it was China that the blue ones were imported from, not Japan.

OK, Chinese; close enough to being the same thing. What's up with your rockers Dave? How come you don't like them?

Joe

 

[Rootus]

OK, Chinese; close enough to being the same thing. What's up with your rockers Dave? How come you don't like them?

Nothing really "wrong" with them -- they're loud, and they cost $200. And I guess if I keep the car long enough they'll wear out. The Magnums cost about $140 and should last longer. There are all kinds of things I would do differently if I were doing this project again ... live and learn!

Dave