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Old 01-27-2008, 11:22 PM
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I have a set of Patriot Stage II's that the previous owner has larger valve guides on to run a Ford valve seal that supossedly decreased friction as the valves move up and down. He was running comp 918 springs. Well, that was fine, but now I am upping to a bigger cam and need to run the PRC dual springs I have. They will not fit as the inner springs rub the valve seals pretty badly. Any ideas on springs that will work with these guides/seals?

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The easiest thing to do here is to have the guide OD machined for a .500 seal. This is a very common machining operation that most any machine shop can perform. It should cost < $100 for this. If you want to do it yourself, do a search for a PC seal cutter with an 8mm x .500. I've done this more times than I can count.
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Thanks man! I was figuring we would have to machine them down, but was just checking to see if there were any more options out there.

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