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Old 01-30-2012, 09:29 AM
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Default Any guesses what these dual springs might be?

I am hoping that someone might be able to identify these mystery dual springs that came on an engine that I recently purchased. There are no obvious identifications such as a colored stripe, etc. PAC 1521, Comp 9521, Patriot?

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I think the Patriots, Lunatis, and PRC duals are all gold in color. Those appear to be titanium retainers so that should help narrow it down.
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Thanks for the input... titanium would be a nice little bonus! If I would remove one of the springs and measure the height with a calipers, would this help determine the springs or do spring vendors normally not supply this info?
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If you can give us ID and OD of inner and outer as well as pictures closer up of them off.
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Originally Posted by TurboBuick6
If you can give us ID and OD of inner and outer as well as pictures closer up of them off.
I will pull one tonight and PM you the dimensions
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I bought the patriot gold kit with titanium retainers....those do look like them, that's my beat guess
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From the retainers/locks it looks alot like a Patriot Gold spring kit. If you get them pressure tested that will tell you what really matters.
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looks like the patiot ret. setup. thats the super7 lock for sure. is the inner sping gold? l
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Inner springs are not gold. Here are the dimensions I pulled w/ a calipers:

Outer Spring:

OD: 1.2960"
ID: 0.9560"
Wire Diameter: 0.1735"

Inner Spring:

OD: 0.9480"
ID: 0.6750"
Wire DIamter: 0.1340"

Outer springs have a slight brown tinge, the picture above really doesn't show it. The inner springs are darker and closer to grey.




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