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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 10:44 AM
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Question 2004 ls6 valves strong?

i have been wanting to put these on my stock ls1 head and have been reading horrer stories about how they snap in two. i was wondering if the new ls6 valves even though they are lighter are a bit stronger. any feed back is a aprciated.
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 12:56 PM
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anyone?
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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Stock cam why bother
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Old Jan 28, 2005 | 08:12 PM
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02-up are the same right?



i run them.no problems that im aware of.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 03:58 AM
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well im thinking of buying a magic stick cam or a y1 from mti.
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Old Jan 30, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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If you drop one it's gonna break and be ugly. A lightweight valvetrain, though, all other things being equal, should be less prone to valvefloat, spring breakage and dropping a valve. But if you want to use the sodium-filled LS6 valves, I'd suggest looking for a set of 02+ LS6 take-off heads for about $800. New valves are very expensive. Get the heads+valves for a couple hundred more and have better heads, too.
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