My kit came with the hardened steel shims. So are you saying i can just remove the factory spring locator and just place the shim in its place and it will be okay?

 

I wouldn't do that, I was told that the Crane 10308 kit was made to work with stock seats. If you just install the springs with the shims and no seats, I don't think that you will get the correct installed height.

 

im about **** out of luck here. There arent any jusnk yards that keep these cars here. They all get sent off.

 

I'll see what I can find for you.

 

Chevrolet V-8 92-99 350 cu. in. LT1 ------------------------------PN 10308-1
(w/Aluminum cylinder heads)
Valve Spring PN 99893-16 Steel Retainer PN 99951-16
Lock PN 99097-1 Shim PN 99050-1
The installed height using this kit on LT1 engines with factory aluminum heads should be
set between 1.875” and 1.850”. Make sure all valve springs are assembled at the same
height. The springs will provide sufficient pressure when installed within this range. The
hardened shims are used to replace the factory lower spring seats. Make sure there is
clearance between the rocker arm and the retainer throughout the rocker arm travel.
Clearance should be a minimum of .020”.

Well i guess it would ahve helped to look at the instructions. it says it replaces them

 

Interesting, I was told otherwise. I guess you're good to go.

 

I appreciate that you would look for them for me.
And ya I'm just glad i did some research on it and found out that i didnt need to change them out for another style and go through all that trouble for nothing. Hopefully i dont run in to any other problems down the line.

Also what tool did you find was the easiest to compress the new dual springs?

 

I used a tool just like this:



Worked fine. But the best tool to use is the one I just bought, the Crane Spring Compressor Tool:

http://store.jandjspeedshop.com/images/Crane99472.jpg

 

well i went a bought the lever tool to compress the spring. Ends up that tool only works with the heads on the car with the piston at top dead center. So i went and bought the KD style spring compressor and got all the old ones off. Like shbox says it doesnt really work to well with the dual springs but it only allowed the inner spring to fall down on me twice. So i got them all on on one head so i guess i will start fresh tomorrow.

Now when i place the new ARP rocker studs on do they need thread lock applied to them? If so what kind; the blue one or the red one??

 

When I read the instructions it had torque specs. IIRC it said to torque the studs to 50 ft lbs with the threads coated with oil, so that's what I did.

 

Ok just making sure that they didnt require any locktite

 

Glad you sorted it out, I like the crane tool that allows you to do a whole cylender at a time, I dont have the number of it handy but it is sold by Summit.

 

I just bought it.

 

You;ll love it, I just changed the springs on two engines in an afternoon. with that thing. The longest part was threading in the air chuck...lol

 

I just do the TDC method.

 

I just want to confirm that the 99893 springs won't fit on the stock seats. I used them on my first build.

 

ya im using the crn-10308-1 kit not sure if the part number you posted is the part number for just the springs but i ended up reading the instructions and it said that the hardened shims that cam in the kit replaced the stock seats.

 

I don't know which APR studs you're buying, but be sure to check out the spec sheet that comes with them for the correct torque. Depending on which studs you buy, the torque setting could be different.

My ARP 7202s call for a 55# when using ARP's moly-lube and 70# when using 30W oil instead on ARP lube.

Jake

West Point ROCKS!

 

Yes, the part number for the springs included in the 10308 kit is 99893.

 

I installed the crn-10308 spring kit on the stock seats and it fit.