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Old Apr 24, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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does anyone know how much lift the springs that come on the TF 215s will handle?
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I believe it is .650 lift
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a magezine advertizes .600. Gforce told me .650. I am not sure? anyone have any experience?
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speed inc says .625
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anyone?
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This is TEA website.

http://www.totalengineairflow.com/pr...gmhead/tfsls1/
TEA also offers a .660 spring for a litte more coin.
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anyone else know of running a cam with a little more lift than 600 on those springs safely.
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They should be .650 springs so I would be comfortable with cam up to about .630. There are lots running those kind of cams.
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