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    1.7 Roller Rockers?

    Just wondering if it's possible or worth it to whack on a set of 1.7 roller rockers on a mostly stock lopo. Will be doing the HO upperstuff soon, as well as exhaust and thought hell, if they'll fit i'll slap on some 1.7's. I presume these shitty heads are probably pedestal just like the mustangs right?

    #2
    Yep, just pedestal. I've got 1.7rr's on my one lopo and they work great. Not sure how much their worth performance wise, but i had them laying around anyways.
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      #3
      My simulator work said a theoretical 2-3 horsepower up top on a stockish engine. No gain down low. Rollers are nice for reliability and friction though

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        #4
        Not going to hurt anything, gains are questionable as indicated. HO upper intake will probably help more, couple the two along with exhaust work to get some more oomph out of the stock motor.
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          #5
          Yeah they'll likely go on shortly after the exhaust, same time as the intake, throttle body, etc. Riddle me this, is there any larger MAF sensor I can use with the stock computer. The inlet tube and maf on this thing are tiny! If I had to I'd put on 19lb injectors to match but wonder if anyone has dealt with a MAF car.

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            #6
            But will the 1.7's fit under the stock valve covers?
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              #7
              Originally posted by HiFiMerc View Post
              But will the 1.7's fit under the stock valve covers?
              With plenty of room to spare.
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                #8
                Originally posted by knucklehead0202 View Post
                Yeah they'll likely go on shortly after the exhaust, same time as the intake, throttle body, etc. Riddle me this, is there any larger MAF sensor I can use with the stock computer. The inlet tube and maf on this thing are tiny! If I had to I'd put on 19lb injectors to match but wonder if anyone has dealt with a MAF car.
                What do you have exactly? To my knowledge, only the 1990-91 California cars had mass air. If you've got one of those, I am not knowing.

                The injectors are not actually matched to the mass air sensor. Thats a very common misconception, mostly created from the Mustang crowd. They make a "calibrated" sensor that bullshits the computer into mostly working with the wrong injectors by feeding it a false signal. The proper way to change injectors is to re-program the ECM so it knows what size injectors are in there. If you're into it for that much, you can also reprogram the ECM to use whatever MAF you like too. Absolutely no clue as to the tunability of the Cali ECM though.
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                Originally posted by phayzer5
                I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                  #9
                  Yes, mine is a '90 California LTD crown vic. I'm not going to go crazy enough to have to reprogram the crappy lopo PCM if that's what it'll come down to, i'll wait until I go HO. I was just wondering if say, a mustang maf might work with this turd. Mostly my concern is making the intake tract bigger, because it's pathetically small right now. If there's a way I can make it work, I'll use the '04 PI airbox/ziptube and maf that I have tucked away. That will likely be later when it'll actually be worth the trouble, not with this shitty lopo boat anchor. The stock MAF is so small though...

                  On another note, changed my IAC this afternoon but I didn't disconnect the battery so it still surged and acted funny, idled high too. Disconnected the battery and will re-connect and drive it to work in the morning to see how it does. Hope this is the right fix, I really don't wanna go vacuum leak hunting. I don't mind working on the car, it's finding the time. Have to get service done this weekend and try to get the exhaust done too, which should be interesting. Road trip is weekend after this one so I gotta get my shit together.

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                    #10
                    Pretty much nothing will work with that system without a tune other than exhaust. Change the MAF, get a tune. change the injectors, get a tune.

                    as for the IAC, yeah, disconnecting the battery is a must to allow the PCM to calibrate to the new part.

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                      #11
                      So when you swap out 1.6 to 1.7, can you use the same pushrods? I've been reading about different length pushrods in 5.0L to use for aftermarket rockers.


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                        #12
                        Usually you can, but in a perfect world you want to measure lifter preload to confirm its in range. In reality, if you set the engine to TDC so the valves on #1 are fully closed, you can see how far it turns from zero lash to the 20 ft/lb torque the rocker bolts want. If its somewhere between 1/2 and 1 turn, you're likely just ducky if you don't happen to own a dial indicator to check it the proper way.
                        86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                        5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                        91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                        1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                        Originally posted by phayzer5
                        I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                          #13
                          Wouldn't one consider changing from 1.6 roller rockers to 1.7 when they're considering a cam and head swap (GT40) swap? That would be the only time I can see any real benefit for the time spent doing all of that work.

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                            #14
                            The stock rockers aren't roller. Changing to them will get you a wee bit of efficiency improvement just from reduced internal loading. Its splitting hairs, but its there. No big benefit to them, but if you're planning on upgrades later you can always re-use them at that point and it won't hurt anything to use them on the stock motor. Its very little extra work on top of a valve cover gasket change if thats already a planned thing.

                            basically I wouldn't tear apart a stock motor just to stick a set in, but if I had them and needed valve cover gaskets, they'd get installed too.
                            86 Lincoln Town Car (Galactica).
                            5.0 HO, CompCams XE258,Scorpion 1.72 roller rockers, 3.55 K code rear, tow package, BHPerformance ported E7 heads, Tmoss Explorer intake, 65mm throttle body, Hedman 1 5/8" headers, 2.5" dual exhaust, ASP underdrive pulley

                            91 Lincoln Mark VII LSC grandpa spec white and cranberry

                            1984 Lincoln Continental TurboDiesel - rolls coal

                            Originally posted by phayzer5
                            I drive a Lincoln. I can't be bothered to shift like the peasants and rabble rousers

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by BigT View Post
                              So when you swap out 1.6 to 1.7, can you use the same pushrods? I've been reading about different length pushrods in 5.0L to use for aftermarket rockers.
                              Some people have to shim the rockers a little..............

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