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Old Dec 22, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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I'm wanting to change my springs in order to help me turn the car a little harder and also some protection from missing gears while power shifting. I have missed 2nd a couple of times and floated the valves( I assume ). When this happened the car died and I had to wait a few minutes before it would crank again. The car seems to run fine now and no noise.The rev limiter is set at 6400, the car has stock internals LT's and a Procharger.I've got a set of Manley springs and I'm wanting to know if there's any thing I need to know apon installing them, such as do they need shimming or anything like that. The car still has the stock cam in it but I will be going with tr 224/227 563/569-114 cam in a couple of months. Are they a direct swap?
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Old Dec 22, 2004 | 10:08 AM
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check out www.installuniversity.com it has one great install write up.
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I couldn't find an install on there? Maybe I'm just a tard.
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go to www.ls1howto.com
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Originally Posted by snkchrmr
I couldn't find an install on there? Maybe I'm just a tard.
I'll do them for a hundred bucks Short drive too.
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Old Dec 23, 2004 | 09:00 AM
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ss rally red where are you at? Also how long do you think it will take?
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Originally Posted by ss rally red
I'll do them for a hundred bucks Short drive too.
take him up on it. If I could pay someone a ben franklin to swap my valve springs I wouldn't think twice about it.
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Old Dec 23, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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ss rally red where are you at? Also how long do you think it will take?
My shop is in Snellville Ga. 35 min NE of the ATL. 1 & 1/2 hours tops. Let me know.
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Old Dec 24, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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My shop is in Snellville Ga. 35 min NE of the ATL. 1 & 1/2 hours tops. Let me know.
Email me a address so I can map quest it and see how long of a drive it'll be.
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