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Old 01-30-2006, 05:29 PM
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has anybody had problems with the wood swelling when the oil has soaked in??
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Originally Posted by BLACKBIRD8200
has anybody had problems with the wood swelling when the oil has soaked in??
I've never had any problems.
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Originally Posted by 777
As soon as you crank the car with stock springs and a decent cam (anything over like .550) they will snap or your rockers will break. There is a thing called coil bind. When that happens you are screwed, it doesn't matter, how high you rev the engine.
thus the reason the first thing I said was "check for coil bind"
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Originally Posted by magius231
thus the reason the first thing I said was "check for coil bind"
I understand, however, I wouldn't even use stock springs on an ls6 cam.




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