What are the Best valve springs for the buck
09-26-2009, 06:02 PM
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What are the Best valve springs for the buck Well was racing this weekend and the car started acting wierd. I pulled the valve covor off and the back valve spring on the pass side was broke. havent pulled the driver side off yet. It has patriot heads with patriot springs and a cam in sig. Money wise probally going to just change the broke one. Unless I can find a good set for a good deal. What would you guys recomend? Sorry wrong thread. Didnt notice until to late.
09-26-2009, 11:47 PM
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Are those dual springs? If not you should think about swapping them out for a set of PRC duals with titanium retainers. If you run high revs fairly often you will probably keep breaking the single wire springs. You do have a decent lift on that cam as well.
but the spring is only part of the equation.
09-27-2009, 11:17 AM
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its also important to check for valve guide wear after a valve spring has broken... if the guide has bellmouthed, the valve will rock excessively during operation... this will cause the spring to loose its "squareness", it will also result in accelerated guide/retainer/valve wear.
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09-28-2009, 10:14 PM
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yes my springs are dual springs. They have titanium retainer. I got over 25000 miles out of these springs so im sure they were installed correctly. The work was done by nitro daves.