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Old 06-28-2010 | 12:18 PM
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If it's just a valve spring then you better Thank God or whoever it is that you pray to...and buy some from a sponsor and fix it before you destroy your motor.
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:20 PM
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will do and praying i guess im a do alot of that bfore we mess with the car lol
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowgreyZ
how much u think it would run me to fix it and would i need a new motor or only taking off the cover will i know how bad it is ?

No Bro no need for a new motor, do you have stock springs on the car? or after market? Either way you would want to get a spring and container kit. Its been a while since I've purchased one I think they are around $100-200.


I would pull the Valve cover to make sure its a spring, then call a local sponsor to get spring kit and replace them all since you got the cover off.


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Old 06-28-2010 | 12:23 PM
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yea still stock springs i did my lil mods all at the same time so maybe couldnt handle the lil bit of power difference lol
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:24 PM
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Here u go:

http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=211&catid=48

http://www.texas-speed.com/shop/item...d=208&catid=48




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Old 06-28-2010 | 12:29 PM
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thanks man now i just need the money lol
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:35 PM
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if you ever plan on putting a cam in id get some dual springs or at least the 918's good for .600 lift. if you never plan to put a cam in id do the ls6 springs since it will be a bump up from stock, just like strini suggested.
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:37 PM
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i plan on camming but i have 166,748 original miles on my car
Old 06-28-2010 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by SlowgreyZ
i plan on camming but i have 166,748 original miles on my car
IMO, I would just replace all springs with stock replacements, and Save your $$$ for a LS3 or better.


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Old 06-28-2010 | 12:41 PM
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ouchhh lol and yea i guess my mods should stop at what i have or i still wanna get a built tranny and stall but yea a new motor would b alot better
Old 06-28-2010 | 04:51 PM
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Don't get single 918s if you're plan on running an aftermarket cam! Learn from my experience! lol. If you plan on getting a cam in the future, then might as well get some patriot duals right now. They are $250 for the spring kit.
Old 06-28-2010 | 05:42 PM
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I would also advise just to slap a new stock replacement spring kit on there. i wouldnt be camming a 166k shortblock but thats just me. Id buy some cheap springs and be good until you get the cash for a new motor. I am in Frisco and can put the springs on for you without pulling heads or anything. Just LMK Private Message me
Old 06-29-2010 | 09:50 PM
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Go through high water and flood it, lock up the engine. Call insurance, problem solved.
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What is a spring and container kit?
Old 06-29-2010 | 11:53 PM
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I have 2 sets of ls6 springs. One set are the blue ones off of a 2001 ls6 heads with 30k miles on them $50 or I have a set of yellow ls6 that only have like 3000 miles on them you can buy for $75 and they come with every thing. Or if you don't mind waiting a couple weeks I will sell you my complete ls6 heads from my 01 z06 with 30k miles for about $400 and they will have the blue springs on them.
Old 06-29-2010 | 11:58 PM
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hmm wouldnt it b better to buy sum brand new ones? i mean i gotta take what i can get its tuff without no job and no source of income ..
Old 06-30-2010 | 08:22 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowgreyZ
hmm wouldnt it b better to buy sum brand new ones? i mean i gotta take what i can get its tuff without no job and no source of income ..
First things first bro, confirm thats whats broken. if so ill send you one off a set of 706's i bought a while back. Its low miles and will cost you shipping money and thats it, but, see first sentence of my post.
Old 07-02-2010 | 05:48 PM
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( so i took the cover off and none of the springs look cracked or bent so i guess a lifter? wish sumone that knew more could come check it out but bieng broke cant pay nobody damn thus sucks!
Old 07-02-2010 | 06:14 PM
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So is the noise constant, say at startup? If it's a knock you'll hear it even when start up. Mine won't start slappin around until it is warm. When all the bolts expand and so on. Plus these old FLP (old grot style LT's I have) kits leaked a little and I don't have a shifter boot on to cover it up.

Have you thought about piston slap, injector cleaner, or checked your oil? Take a look at the pushrods, could be bent, and that can make some racket. Bouncing off the rev limiter can cause this.

I would say, change the oil and take a look at the drain plug. Only other method would be to do an engine tear down, and I think that would be overkill.

I also have 2 sets of stock springs that you can have if that's what's causing it.
Old 07-05-2010 | 10:03 PM
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oil is fine and idk hey if i just take off the intake i should b able to tell if its a lifter or do i have to completely take off the head ?....also it gets louder and worse with higher rpms ...and thanks for the info guys




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