Found my problem...
Found my problem... I think.. if anyone remembers afew months ago my car out of no where started to backfire, hesitate, stumble, and just plane ol' run like ****! i had pulled and replaced my opti and double checked my new msd coil, and wires. but still the problem endured. i hadnt had any time in the past month to figure it out. until tonight when i pulled off my passenger side valve cover to find this...
my intake valve spring on my #8 cylinder **** the bed... there comp cams beehives with about 7k (hard) miles on them. i guess they dont like revving to 6700 rpm alot hahaha
by any chance does anyone have a link to the patriot springs? thanks
my intake valve spring on my #8 cylinder **** the bed... there comp cams beehives with about 7k (hard) miles on them. i guess they dont like revving to 6700 rpm alot hahaha
by any chance does anyone have a link to the patriot springs? thanks
yeah man i hope this does it! ive been through everything 3 times over! 2 sets of plus, 2 sets of wires, pulled my fuel pump, checked fuel psi everything was fine i wouldnt figure it out until that lol
i know im thankful as ******* hell that i didnt blow a hole through a piston!
they actually do sell just one spring its like $13 from summit. im probably going to replace just the one spring then when i save up the cash get the patriot spring kit. ive heard alot of people run them with no problems
they actually do sell just one spring its like $13 from summit. im probably going to replace just the one spring then when i save up the cash get the patriot spring kit. ive heard alot of people run them with no problems
https://www.patriot-performance.com/...2&bestseller=Y
Glad you found the problem. Love my Patriot springs.
Glad you found the problem. Love my Patriot springs.
Launching!
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 277
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From: California
I'll make sure I never buy comp cams Beehive series springs.
Thanks for the Warning
Comps prices are out of site they should replace the whole set for free.
Send them a photo and a link to this page I am interested to see if they even reply.
I mean 7k mls lol
B&B Exhaust never even replied to a letter I sent them.
Like alot of people I want to deal with a reputable manufacture and at the price of Horsepower these days I don't think thats unreasonable
Bon
Thanks for the Warning
Comps prices are out of site they should replace the whole set for free.
Send them a photo and a link to this page I am interested to see if they even reply.
I mean 7k mls lol
B&B Exhaust never even replied to a letter I sent them.
Like alot of people I want to deal with a reputable manufacture and at the price of Horsepower these days I don't think thats unreasonable
Bon
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 633
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From: Phoenix, AZ
Call Comp. They are a great company to deal with. There was a bad batch of them a few years ago, you may have received those. If so they will take care of it and replace all of them.
I personally would skip over the Patriots and go for some PACs myself if you are gonna change it up.
I personally would skip over the Patriots and go for some PACs myself if you are gonna change it up.
thanks for the replys guys. im happy i found the problem as wellit was driving me F#cking Insane! atleast with a busted spring like that i can actually see the problem lol. i would like to get the engine up and running again but ill wait till i save up enough and buy a full new set. or should i just run the PAC springs? could i reuse all the hardware that i have for my 918's??
actully 2 of them did but i chamfered the bottom of it with a file and it solved that one. but it wasnt happening to my #8 rockers
why wouldnt you run the patriot springs?? ive heard only great things about them, unless you have a bad personal experience with them ?
actully 2 of them did but i chamfered the bottom of it with a file and it solved that one. but it wasnt happening to my #8 rockers
Call Comp. They are a great company to deal with. There was a bad batch of them a few years ago, you may have received those. If so they will take care of it and replace all of them.
I personally would skip over the Patriots and go for some PACs myself if you are gonna change it up.
I personally would skip over the Patriots and go for some PACs myself if you are gonna change it up.
why wouldnt you run the patriot springs?? ive heard only great things about them, unless you have a bad personal experience with them ?
im just real happy i didnt drop a valve :xthat sucks man im sorry to hear that. its a shave to have something so small ruin an entire car
Nope, I’d say all turned out good. I got a way better car (LS1) and swapped to it most of the suspension & chassis stuff from the ‘94.
I’m very, very happy to have gone to an LS1.
I’m very, very happy to have gone to an LS1.
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Joined: Dec 2004
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From: fort campbell
I just went to the Patriot Gold Extremes, my beehives ( LE2 heads ) were letting a lifter jump off the cam, bend the spider, and make a racket. I replaced the beehives, lifters, and spider put it back together and let her run again. The motor feels much better up top and pulls till I shift it, the limiter is set at 6900.
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