Review: Comp Cams New Conical Valvesprings for LS Engines
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So it would be fair to say not a positive review KCS?
Sorry to hear your bad fortune, are Comp helping out with some funds at all (other than maybe just the cost of the springs) or is it pretty much bad luck, black duck?
Jason.
Sorry to hear your bad fortune, are Comp helping out with some funds at all (other than maybe just the cost of the springs) or is it pretty much bad luck, black duck?
Jason.
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They haven't come outright and said anything about money or reimbursement, but I haven't gotten much of a reply when I emailed them. All I really want is for them to take the springs back and determine a root cause. If there was something wrong with the spring, hopefully they can use the info to make a better product. If I did something wrong, then I'll learn from it. I hope to hear back this week.
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I hate to blame Comp without knowing why it broke, but I'm pretty certain there was nothing wrong with the way they were installed or handled that could have caused this.
They haven't come outright and said anything about money or reimbursement, but I haven't gotten much of a reply when I emailed them. All I really want is for them to take the springs back and determine a root cause. If there was something wrong with the spring, hopefully they can use the info to make a better product. If I did something wrong, then I'll learn from it. I hope to hear back this week.
They haven't come outright and said anything about money or reimbursement, but I haven't gotten much of a reply when I emailed them. All I really want is for them to take the springs back and determine a root cause. If there was something wrong with the spring, hopefully they can use the info to make a better product. If I did something wrong, then I'll learn from it. I hope to hear back this week.
But given your apparent experience and attention to detail based on your posts on here and the fact it's really only a fairly new product, I don't think it would be unreasonable to expect Comp to help you out with some funds if it's proven their component failed in such a short time.
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Funny thing that back when lobe technology for the LS was basically retro-fitting Big Block Ford cam blanks (.540"-.568" lifts) there were almost no 915/918 spring failures. Once the new wave of LS specific stuff began pushing .580"-.610" lift and maximizing the tip motion of a factory rocker: Beehives basically "tapped out"...............then quality dual kits became all the rage.
I've used hundreds of sets of Comp Cams springs over the last thirty years with ZERO FAILURES. I haven't the faintest clue which company makes them for Comp. DON'T CARE
From stock pressure stuff to high RPM road racing roller cams in the 900 psi open pressure range. Plenty friends of mine have used triple stuff for .900" lift drag applications.
Springs have a brutal life and the entire valv etrain needs to be a planned out entity.
At 7000 rpms each valve opens/closes something like 58 times per second
At 9000 that number jumps to 87 times per second.....quite insane really
KCS knows his **** and sweats the details................NO DOUBT
but perhaps this is just a case where a single coil, no matter it's shape or weight, just simply can't keep all things in check, at any rpm.......
I've used hundreds of sets of Comp Cams springs over the last thirty years with ZERO FAILURES. I haven't the faintest clue which company makes them for Comp. DON'T CARE
From stock pressure stuff to high RPM road racing roller cams in the 900 psi open pressure range. Plenty friends of mine have used triple stuff for .900" lift drag applications.
Springs have a brutal life and the entire valv etrain needs to be a planned out entity.
At 7000 rpms each valve opens/closes something like 58 times per second
At 9000 that number jumps to 87 times per second.....quite insane really
KCS knows his **** and sweats the details................NO DOUBT
but perhaps this is just a case where a single coil, no matter it's shape or weight, just simply can't keep all things in check, at any rpm.......
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