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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 08:28 AM
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Default When are double springs needed

Obviously when the cam lift is extrememly high. But when else do you need to be considering the double spring? And do you get a HP gain from the double spring?
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 09:06 AM
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Its a good safety precaution if you have that option with your heads. You never know how big a cam you are going to end up running, and a lot of people seem to be breaking springs.

My only question is what kind of setup are you considering running? I only know one set of heads that offers double springs, and you might consider do a search and reading up on those heads before you buy anything.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 10:42 AM
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Default Re: When are double springs needed

I would want dual springs for peace of mind.

TEA offers dual springs standard on all of their LS1 heads.

MTI offers dual springs standard on their stage 2, I don't know about the stage 1's.

GTP has the option of dual springs on their stage 2's.
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Old Aug 19, 2002 | 11:18 AM
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I got the dual springs on my stage 1 heads from TEA. Like mentioned above, when I asked he said that is what they do.

I just prefer to see a double spring on my heads.

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by wizkid:
<strong>I got the dual springs on my stage 1 heads from TEA. Like mentioned above, when I asked he said that is what they do.

I just prefer to see a double spring on my heads.

Eric</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">would be nice if those suckers could go on stock heads <img border="0" title="" alt="[Big Grin]" src="gr_grin.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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