RonA
Active member
Ron, your math is based upon the peak numbers only, you are not accounting for the fact that a higher ratio rocker would get your valve lift to the 0.300" lift mark sooner than the stock rocker (given the same cam). So even though the peak flow doesn't appear to increase much with the increased lift (based upon your flow sheet data), there would be the added benefit of more area under the curve. How much? I don't know...
That makes sense. It would be an interesting test on a dyno to see the actual difference. At one point I tried a .020 over gasket on my truck. I lost bottom end power from the compression change just like cutting the pistons. The rocker change might be a way to compensate for the power loss caused by cutting the pistons with the advantage being you'd make the same power with a lower compression ratio.