pac 1218 warranty?
pac 1218 warranty? So today was driving my car home from work and got on it a bit. At 4500 rpm in second I had a bad valvetrain noise so I imeadiatly shut the car off then coasted to a spot to pull over. Got the car home and pulled my valve covers found a broken intake valve spring broken. Everything was put together correctly and I even was running stock pushrods and yes I know.
So my question is this would they warrenty the springs since I only got them a week ago and have less than 150 miles on them? Springs were made 12/02/2010. I'm super pissed and a valve spring is the least of my worries since I have a bent valve but wtf
So my question is this would they warrenty the springs since I only got them a week ago and have less than 150 miles on them? Springs were made 12/02/2010. I'm super pissed and a valve spring is the least of my worries since I have a bent valve but wtf
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It seems that you did not set the height on them. This could contribute to a failure. See springs are good to say .600 lifts but the trick is "at 1.x installed height". Failure to install at proper height will change the spring lift capability.
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Preditor-zz I fully understand what you are saying and don't dissagre but with coil bind @ 1.140 it would have to be off an extreme amount.
Honistly I did not check it granted its a over sight. But if ones off they all would be and if thiss was the isssue it most likely of happened sooner. I'm not trying to dispute it. Hopefully they will take care of me and warranty the ssprings
Honistly I did not check it granted its a over sight. But if ones off they all would be and if thiss was the isssue it most likely of happened sooner. I'm not trying to dispute it. Hopefully they will take care of me and warranty the ssprings
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Well its come down to patriot gold's or lunati golds.leaning more towards lunati.looked at the pac 1221 but they were a lot more and don't know if I wanna give them more of my money
Preditor-zz I fully understand what you are saying and don't dissagre but with coil bind @ 1.140 it would have to be off an extreme amount.
Honistly I did not check it granted its a over sight. But if ones off they all would be and if thiss was the isssue it most likely of happened sooner. I'm not trying to dispute it. Hopefully they will take care of me and warranty the ssprings
Honistly I did not check it granted its a over sight. But if ones off they all would be and if thiss was the isssue it most likely of happened sooner. I'm not trying to dispute it. Hopefully they will take care of me and warranty the ssprings
I understand when springs are installed the height needs to be measured.here's the thing factory valve springs have a install height of 1.8" my spring seats have no shims under them.if any thingss the springs probly would a Tad loose.the spring is broken cause it is defective not due to checking in stall height.if it was a coil bind issue I would have to be off by double my lift to create coil bind, if this was the issue it would have happined far sooner probly while heat cycling the springs. Not after 130 miles of driving
Here's what I believe to have caused the broken spring.
the lock must have popped out and put a lot more preload on the
spring.
Here's how the piston came out
looks like it will be fine to use but no more nitrous.
grooves look to be .015 deep at most. Need to grab my mic
from work
And here's the bent valve
And lastly I have a cracked valve guide.you guys think it would be cheaper to replace
or just get a new head? Its onlyy got 8k original miles
the lock must have popped out and put a lot more preload on the
spring.
Here's how the piston came out
looks like it will be fine to use but no more nitrous.
grooves look to be .015 deep at most. Need to grab my mic
from work
And here's the bent valve
And lastly I have a cracked valve guide.you guys think it would be cheaper to replace
or just get a new head? Its onlyy got 8k original miles
