My SSR

[408.Luke]

That's the vehicle plus how much weight it can hold in the bed. As for mods and what they'll run I'd suggest the 1 7/8" American Racing Headers and they're right at $1200 ordered direct from ARH. Next I would say a nice cam like the Texas-speed.com 228R. The kit with pushrods and dual springs is just under $700. You might want to think about a roller rocker and Yella Terra is making a Ultra Light shaft mount set for $450 and you can get them from Veneance Racing or many other places. After all that you'll want a full custom tune and you can get that at many places for under $500.

most guys pushing 1k have stock rockers...

[ss454327]

most guys pushing 1k have stock rockers...

Pushing 1k HP? Almost every setup I've seen over 500rwhp has had roller rockers and all the big name shops pushing close to 1k are running the Jesel shaft mounts. Will they work? SURE! Would I want them in an engine making 1khp...HELL NO!

[408.Luke]

Pushing 1k HP? Almost every setup I've seen over 500rwhp has had roller rockers and all the big name shops pushing close to 1k are running the Jesel shaft mounts. Will they work? SURE! Would I want them in an engine making 1khp...HELL NO!

well there wasting there money, yes getin the harlem sharp rebuilds are a good idea but i have stokers with close to 1k hp lol not to mention every 500hp ls car ive ever seen or rode in. plus ive never seen one fail, ask erik at hke what he thinks, or kurt in his 1k plus tbss or jon in his 525hp stock 6.0 short block thats usualy on a kill shot, or countless other cars. you can run them if you like but dont try and get other people to waste there money on useless trinkets

[408.Luke]

Pushing 1k HP? Almost every setup I've seen over 500rwhp has had roller rockers and all the big name shops pushing close to 1k are running the Jesel shaft mounts. Will they work? SURE! Would I want them in an engine making 1khp...HELL NO!

well there wasting there money, yes getin the harlem sharp rebuilds are a good idea but i have stokers with close to 1k hp lol not to mention every 500hp ls car ive ever seen or rode in. plus ive never seen one fail, ask erik at hke what he thinks, or kurt in his 1k plus tbss or jon in his 525hp stock 6.0 short block thats usualy on a kill shot, or countless other cars. you can run them if you like but dont try and get other people to waste there money on useless trinkets

[DamnYankee]

I was pushing 600rwhp and ran stock rockers...and this was my daily driver with WOT runs every day. Zero issues. As Luke mentioned, too many guys making big power run/ran stock rockers. The money is better spent elsewhere. They aren't a weak point.

[ss454327]

I was pushing 600rwhp and ran stock rockers...and this was my daily driver with WOT runs every day. Zero issues. As Luke mentioned, too many guys making big power run/ran stock rockers. The money is better spent elsewhere. They aren't a weak point.

You don't think they cause too much valve guide wear when changing to a high lift cam?

[DamnYankee]

I think most of the guys I know running high lift cams have had absolutely zero problems with stock rockers.

[TxStVanWilder]

Not tryin to fan any fire because I didn't read any past this post..... BUT... I made well over 500 on stock rockers on a bunch of spray (aftermarket cam, pushrods and springs)..... And high 600tq on patches.... Soooooo sayin rockers are needed is kind of a personal choice... Larry hit me up, we can swing over to Sean Freese's shop or Dallas Performance and they can give you a realistic expectation of how to hurt those dodge kids

[DamnYankee]

Pushing 1k HP? Almost every setup I've seen over 500rwhp has had roller rockers and all the big name shops pushing close to 1k are running the Jesel shaft mounts. Will they work? SURE! Would I want them in an engine making 1khp...HELL NO!

Maybe the big name shops you're familiar with...others that we're all familiar with don't.

In fact I think it's safe to say that there have been more failures reported of roller rockers on high hp applications than with stock rockers.

I'm not trying to start an argument either, but there are multiple members here that have only run stock rockers in some very high hp applications with absolutely zero issues.

[MaupinPhoto]

Thanks for all the advice, guys. I wasn't planning to do much too it until I learned how relatively inexpensive it can be.

I'll definitely be "turning up the wick" on the SSR.