Springs for EPS 226/230
10-07-2011, 07:34 PM
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Springs for EPS 226/230 I'm buying a brand new EPS 226 230 .598 .600 113+2 and I'm not too sure if I would need double springs or just good some beehives. Can some one tell me what would be best for this set up? The car will be drifted and held at high RPM's if that matters...
-Casey
-Casey
10-09-2011, 08:30 AM
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What about the PSI beehives that are sold from Advanced Induction? That is what they are recommending to me when I get their valve job and cam done. Although I do not know what cam they are going to design for me yet. According to AI, they are the best beehive in the market.
Looking at the spring options on AI's site, they call them the 1511 spring and they provided a link to the PSI spec sheet, which after looking at it I'm assuming PSI's part number is LS11511ML.
Here's the spring spec sheet from PSI's site.
http://www.psisprings.com/index.php?...ask=view&id=17
Looking at the spring options on AI's site, they call them the 1511 spring and they provided a link to the PSI spec sheet, which after looking at it I'm assuming PSI's part number is LS11511ML.
Here's the spring spec sheet from PSI's site.
http://www.psisprings.com/index.php?...ask=view&id=17
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10-09-2011, 05:23 PM
#9
The EPS lobes are designed to work with beehives and most will agree that
the PSI Maxlife are about as good as it gets. There have been threads about
assorted brands of beehives breaking which for a number of reasons is never
good....soooo the belief is that having duals gives you piece of mind insurance
that both springs should never break or drop the valve. I believe it's more of a
maintenance factor where generally B-hives last 15-20 thousand miles and
duals (set up properly) seem to go 25-35 before needing replacement.
the PSI Maxlife are about as good as it gets. There have been threads about
assorted brands of beehives breaking which for a number of reasons is never
good....soooo the belief is that having duals gives you piece of mind insurance
that both springs should never break or drop the valve. I believe it's more of a
maintenance factor where generally B-hives last 15-20 thousand miles and
duals (set up properly) seem to go 25-35 before needing replacement.
10-09-2011, 05:36 PM
#10
The EPS lobes are designed to work with beehives and most will agree that
the PSI Maxlife are about as good as it gets. There have been threads about
assorted brands of beehives breaking which for a number of reasons is never
good....soooo the belief is that having duals gives you piece of mind insurance
that both springs should never break or drop the valve. I believe it's more of a
maintenance factor where generally B-hives last 15-20 thousand miles and
duals (set up properly) seem to go 25-35 before needing replacement.
the PSI Maxlife are about as good as it gets. There have been threads about
assorted brands of beehives breaking which for a number of reasons is never
good....soooo the belief is that having duals gives you piece of mind insurance
that both springs should never break or drop the valve. I believe it's more of a
maintenance factor where generally B-hives last 15-20 thousand miles and
duals (set up properly) seem to go 25-35 before needing replacement.
And you have to admit having that extra spring is always a nice reassurance when you hit thee rev limiter accidentally...
10-10-2011, 08:59 PM
#19
A single beehive spring is the correct set of springs for this application. I have run 918s on everything, even my cam up .620+ lift.
Lets clear up some info.....
1.All spring will experience surging, and im not talking about valve float.
2.All springs run better when properly shimmed to around .060" (with dual you must check inners and outters)
3.Weight matters, even in the valve spring. Beehives are lighter and better in this application to maintain valvetrain stability
4.Dual springs often result in a loss of lift, typically .020-.030" between a beehive and a dual. Ive seen as much as .070"
Lets clear up some info.....
1.All spring will experience surging, and im not talking about valve float.
2.All springs run better when properly shimmed to around .060" (with dual you must check inners and outters)
3.Weight matters, even in the valve spring. Beehives are lighter and better in this application to maintain valvetrain stability
4.Dual springs often result in a loss of lift, typically .020-.030" between a beehive and a dual. Ive seen as much as .070"
