Springs and Cam.
Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Ive dropped a valve on my LT1, it was comp cam 987 springs, really beefy ones, the locks cam out, luckily, the valve stayed, cost over 300 to fix, the piston got magnafluxed and was fine. I lucked out.
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Originally Posted by BlackScreaminMachine
Either call the company that ground you the cam, looks like HPE, ask what they recommend, I assume they give you what was expected with the cam, unless you bought everything seperate.
OR call eastside and see what they think and buy the stuff through them, either way you should be able to get a good idea.
I mean the cam is in there, it works, its not dropping valves, its making power, so no need to rush and kill yourself for doing it.
OR call eastside and see what they think and buy the stuff through them, either way you should be able to get a good idea.
I mean the cam is in there, it works, its not dropping valves, its making power, so no need to rush and kill yourself for doing it.
Originally Posted by sweetness
Well Hpe recomends these springs infact they have had better success with these than the patriot duals, and Sean @ esp said I should be good with these.
Truthfully,no disrespect -but if a customer came to me with that Cam and springs setup I would not do the job due to my experience with those springs on Cams of that size.That is just me though.
sweetness, have you fooled w/your rev-limiter settings and/or shift points? Stall converter in there yet? Any track passes on the thing yet, or RU still just terrorizing the streets of Worcester? If answer is no to all, why RU worrying? 
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WJ I recommend a strong dual spring also. I broke 3 comp 921's rated for 650. The car ran fine, the only reason I knew something was wrong was the check engine light cam on only during highway driving. Don suggested I check for bent push rods, when I pulled the valve covers off I found the broken springs. The secondary springs did a good job. If I had single springs I probably would have had a big mess.
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Originally Posted by WJ SOM SS
sweetness, have you fooled w/your rev-limiter settings and/or shift points? Stall converter in there yet? Any track passes on the thing yet, or RU still just terrorizing the streets of Worcester? If answer is no to all, why RU worrying? WJ
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Originally Posted by Krazy98Z28
I had 1 of those break
Not to say it was a install error but it could be either the spring exceeding its limits, the installer, or a combo.