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Are these Patriot Gold valvesprings? *pics*

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Old 11-09-2008, 05:16 PM
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Default Are these Patriot Gold valvesprings? *pics*
Edit: They are not Patriots.

What springs do these look like? Came off of some TEA heads



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They're absolutely not patriot dual golds. I don't even recognize what they are.
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best bet would be take to local machine shop and have them measured for coil bind, seat pressure,open pressure, id/,od, installed height etc.
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not mine, looking into getting them
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nope, not golds....
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These are golds

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Those look like triple springs???
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These are off of some TEA heads.
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Anyone else? Do they look like Comp cam springs?
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They look like PRC springs.
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Originally Posted by Damian
They look like PRC springs.
They are not PRC springs. This spring is a dual spring with a dampner. The PRC spring is just a dual, no dampner. They Springs and retainers look like a comp 977 maybe.
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