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Old 08-06-2011, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by silver-mod-o
Torn between the 1518's and duals... I have always liked single springs when applicable but having the duals does give a small piece of insurance against dropping a valve and wrecking a whole longblock if one were to happen to fail.
Crazy lobes run the duals. Mild lobes run the singles. FWIW I dyoed 8whp more with 918's on a TR224 then I did a few days later with Patriot Golds. Mind you I cant say one single bad thing about the Golds they took 7000RPM on the regular although they did soften up after season 3 but no failures at all. Im running EPS lobes in the new engine/cam and retaining VVT so worried about overloading the phaser and running the 1518's

Also now have 1518's in the TR224 car and its running great on season two with those now
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918's with Ti retainers on XFI lobed cam of 0.610/0.608 lift. Shift at 6500-6700 rpm, when thoroughly good and hot. Oh, and yes, daily driver.
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I run these spring in my LS2-418, and will be using them on my LS3-431, Very good spring and been running them for over 2 years now and shift at 7400 rpm and no valve flote, My cam is a 257/266-.684/.658-114



Livernois Motorsports LS-Series Dual Valve Springs








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Product Description

For vehicles with large camshafts, Livernois Motorsports recommends our dual valve spring, which is capable of .690 lift!
Specifications:
Install Height: 1.820
Max. Valve Spring Lift: .690
Spring Pressure Closed: 150lbs
Spring Pressure Open: 382@.620 / 410@.680
Coil Bind: 1.100
Complete spring kit available

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Originally Posted by Randy WS6
I run these spring in my LS2-418, and will be using them on my LS3-431, Very good spring and been running them for over 2 years now and shift at 7400 rpm and no valve flote



Livernois Motorsports LS-Series Dual Valve Springs







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Product Description

For vehicles with large camshafts, Livernois Motorsports recommends our dual valve spring, which is capable of .690 lift!
Specifications:
Install Height: 1.820
Max. Valve Spring Lift: .690
Spring Pressure Closed: 150lbs
Spring Pressure Open: 382@.620 / 410@.680
Coil Bind: 1.100
Complete spring kit available
Thanks for posting!

In all of the years we've been using these springs, we've never had or heard of a single failure. We have even tested springs that came out of cars after as much as 60,000 miles with full bolt-on's and a large camshaft and they were still within spec.

-Rick
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Originally Posted by WKMCD
PAC 1521's here. I had Richard at WCCH check them out after 10k miles with .660 lift cam and they were within a couple of pounds of new pressure. I'm still running them after stock, Stage 2 and Stage 3 L92 heads - 403 and now 427.
This is the kind of info that makes me want to get the 1521's. This is the second person i have heard actually test them and be within a few pounds of new.



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