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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 11:54 AM
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buddys been running 18lbs springs and hardened pr's for 3 yrs no issues and it gets beat on pretty good.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Green Machine 5.3
i thought you had to put studs in because those springs are pretty stiff??
Studs in what?


Originally Posted by Green Machine 5.3
How do you think the stock cam will react to just ls6 springs?
cam wont know the difference. springs are just to help the vavles stay shut when all that air is trying to push them open.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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Guys will put ARP head studs in to keep from stretching the stock head bolts with high boost.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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yeah i know about the head studs i was wondering what he was getting at. Then he was saying to just buy heads.. Heads are $500 a piece screw that.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 04:37 PM
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buy one of those tools and a compression checker.. use a air compressor and compression tester to hold the valves up.
its not hard at all to do. just make sure to get a good magnet and a bowl/cup/ something to put the retainers and such in.
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Old Nov 21, 2012 | 05:16 PM
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well before i do these springs i gotta put this baby in. out goes the g80 in goes the trutrac
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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wise choice
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