Single or Dual...that is the question?

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Jul 3, 2013 | 08:19 AM

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03sierraslt

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Patriot duals.

Jul 3, 2013 | 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by GMCtrk

Coming from someone who snapped a single spring on a turbo setup, go with duals! I've got the Tooley platinums with titanium retainers now.

This.

Not that a 1518 can't handle the boost. It can and people run them with no problem, but if you need to swap springs for the cam, why not go dual? Just added insurance for short money.

Jul 3, 2013 | 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Vortec350ss

This.

Not that a 1518 can't handle the boost. It can and people run them with no problem, but if you need to swap springs for the cam, why not go dual? Just added insurance for short money.

Definitely good point, but the the conversation was putting an ls9 cam in a truck previously fitted with an ls6 cam and an almost new set of springs. So neccesarily wouldnt need to swap springs for the cam.

Im going to go with patriot duals...had them in my last 6.0 and I was happy with them even though 35, 000 miles might be short lived in a DD.

Jul 3, 2013 | 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by o2camaross

Brian Tooley duals and be done. No need to worry about valve float

Agreed^ Thats what im about to use on my 5.3.

Jul 6, 2013 | 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Mangled03gmc

How many miles you have on the 18's ?

A little over 34K. I know it is over the "recommended" mileage but my cam lobes aren't real aggressive. But now that I am aware of the actual miles on them, I will be changing them sooner than later.