LSK daily drivers, how are your springs doing?
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LSK daily drivers, how are your springs doing?
Looks like I'll be racking up around 20,000 miles per year with a new job I've accepted. I'm a little worried about valvespring life from spending so much time on the highway. I know I'm not going to be taxing my springs as hard as 20K miles of backroads drag racing / city cruising, but even still just a little cautious. This is with Patriot Extrem springs and the 232/.65x" LSK intake lobe.
How is your LSK cam treating your springs (how many miles)? What springs?
If I undertsand right a design consideration of the newer lobes from Comp was reliability and better spring life. Although the LSk stuff is yielding more lift, I believe it was supposed to offer better longevity over the XFI or XE-R lobes. This right?
Ben T.
How is your LSK cam treating your springs (how many miles)? What springs?
If I undertsand right a design consideration of the newer lobes from Comp was reliability and better spring life. Although the LSk stuff is yielding more lift, I believe it was supposed to offer better longevity over the XFI or XE-R lobes. This right?
Ben T.
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I've got about 15k miles on my AFR 8019 springs with LSK lobes. I'm going to pull them off and have them checked (for scientific reasons of course). I will post results. The AFR 8019 springs and Patriot Extreme duals are badass!
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2013 Corvette Grand Sport A6 LME forged 416, Greg Good ported TFS 255 LS3 heads, 222/242 .629"/.604" 121LSA Pat G blower cam, ARH 1 7/8" headers, ESC Novi 1500 Supercharger w/8 rib direct drive conversion, 747rwhp/709rwtq on 93 octane, 801rwhp/735rwtq on race fuel, 10.1 @ 147.25mph 1/4 mile, 174.7mph Half Mile.
2016 Corvette Z51 M7 Magnuson Heartbeat 2300 supercharger, TSP LT headers, Pat G tuned, 667rwhp, 662rwtq, 191mph TX Mile.
2009.5 Pontiac G8 GT 6.0L, A6, AFR 230v2 heads. 506rwhp/442rwtq. 11.413 @ 121.29mph 1/4 mile, 168.7mph TX Mile
2000 Pewter Ram Air Trans Am M6 heads/cam 508 rwhp/445 rwtq SAE, 183.092 TX Mile
2022 Cadillac Escalade 6.2L A10 S&B CAI, Corsa catback.
2023 Corvette 3LT Z51 soon to be modified.
Custom LSX tuning in person or via email press here.
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lsk lobes, ls7 lifters, patriot dual springs.. for 2 weeks now
pretty quiet, even compared to stock til it gets REAL hot.
I guess that's not enough to qualify, but it's a summer only car now, and I plan to change them every 2 years.
pretty quiet, even compared to stock til it gets REAL hot.
I guess that's not enough to qualify, but it's a summer only car now, and I plan to change them every 2 years.