Off Your Rocker

Roller rocker arms free up horsepower without breaking the bank.

- Tommy Lee Byrd

Drag racers have been searching for tricks to gain horsepower since day one, and there are lots of ways to do it without spending a tremendous amount of time or money. One of the biggest downfalls of the original small-block Chevrolet design was the valvetrain, due to a lack of efficiency—lots of flat surfaces meeting other flat surfaces, leading to unnecessary friction. And even though stamped steel rocker arms were perfectly fine for daily use in your grandmother’s Caprice, they just don’t cut it considering the affordability compared to new roller rocker arms.