dhpewterz

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Ive got a set of patriot duals that are starting to make a little more noise than when i installed them ive got about 20k miles on them now someone told me about every 20 they needed to be changed is this true?

Lithium

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Depends on how hard they were ran...but yeah definitely check them out. It may be time to swap them.

dhpewterz

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They have been run pretty hard so do most people change that quick?

Steel Chicken

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depends on how aggresive the lobes on the cam are. XE-R or LSK lobes will wear out even heavy duty springs in 20K miles

GuitsBoy

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Yes, Please let us know what kind of cam. 20K miles worth of hard driving is going to take its toll on a spring even on a small cam. Contact gunnar@patriot and he'll ship you out a set of replacement coils so you dont have to buy a whole new kit. I just got mine a couple months ago from gunnar and youll be pleasantly surprised how little he wants for them. Once you get them, pop out the cylinder 1 plug (or all of them) and find TDC. Then use the TDC method from the ls1howto cam swap article. Put a dot of whiteout on the crank pulley so you can use that as a reference for every 90* turn. Shouldnt take more than a couple hours to swap the valvesprings.

AdamSS

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3000 miles on my Patriot Duals with F10 cam (228/228 0.577 lift) So far so good, but I plan on changing the springs at 20,000 miles or so...

dhpewterz

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ive got the g5x2. so guess its time too change. damit i hate doing springs!!! thanks for all the info.

Darren

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Mine are noisy too. have about 16k im going with comp 921s next time.

GuitsBoy

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Ive noticed my springs quieting down after the first couple thousand miles...