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Old 07-18-2006, 07:10 PM
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I have a Comp cam 232/236 581/595 on a 112 XE-r lobes. I already have comp 918 springs. Are the 918 ok to run with this cam? Also I don't know anything about shimming the springs. The sponser I got the cam and springs from said that the 918's would do great with this cam unshimmed. Do you think that this is ok?
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I would say yes
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I know that the 918's are good enough for at least a 600 lift. A lot of people say that they have used them with cams well over the 600 mark. I just don't know anything about shimming or setting the springs.
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tsp told me 918s work fine with the MS3 cam...they were originally rated to .625 lift i believe...im going with them on my Torquer v.2 cam with .595/.598 lift.
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How do you get the proper install height. I am under the impression that the 918's are a stock replacement........meaning that I would not have to do anything except pop the old springs off replace the valve seal and put the 918's on. No shimming or anything.
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I run them on my 244/248 .598/.598 115
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If your ok then i will be good to go, thanks
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i run them with my G5X2. yea you should be good.
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I run the G5X2 with Comp921s, but why would you not consider running those instead...just piece of mind I'm trying to recommend...your decision....
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Originally Posted by 93ChevExt5.7
I run the G5X2 with Comp921s, but why would you not consider running those instead...just piece of mind I'm trying to recommend...your decision....
More like price of mind. The PRC duals would be a cheaper alternative or the Patriot Duals.
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For extra insurance I would go with Comp Cams 921. Thats what I have with my cam and worth piece of mind.
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Originally Posted by Evans752
For extra insurance I would go with Comp Cams 921. Thats what I have with my cam and worth piece of mind.
FWIW: You could run a 918 on that cam no problem.
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I know that getting dual springs would be the optimal thing to do, however, I am currently out of budgeted money to spend on the car right now.(College Student)........I am getting the cam mainly for the sound of it and a little extra seat of the pants feeling. I am setting the rev limiter at 6400 and it should be driven calmly. Cops suck in college towns, but they can't do anything just for sounding fast.
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To the OP: I have used 918 with great success on cams more wild than that.

I also prep all of my springs before use though.
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Originally Posted by bluehawk2
I know that getting dual springs would be the optimal thing to do, however, I am currently out of budgeted money to spend on the car right now.(College Student)........I am getting the cam mainly for the sound of it and a little extra seat of the pants feeling. I am setting the rev limiter at 6400 and it should be driven calmly. Cops suck in college towns, but they can't do anything just for sounding fast.
sounds fast gets you pulled over a lot as well, make sure EVERYTHING else on your car is legal... With the cut out open, my car sounds fast, cut-out closed, it sounds quite tame
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Originally Posted by bluehawk2
Cops suck in college towns, but they can't do anything just for sounding fast.
You could consider Evansville, Indiana a college town, and cops around here could care less about loud exhaust on a wild cammed car. I can be cruising or accelerating moderately shifting at 3k going right by them, and half of them don't even bother looking my way. If they do, they're probably car guys like us. IMO, it depends more on the state you live in then anything else. It's common knowledge that California is a state of ****'s about this kind of hobby.

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918s do have some cushion above the .600 mark limit-wise.
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918's here on an MS3 Cam shifting at 6800 no problems so far....knock on wood but yeah I have like 7K on the setup now.




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