Findings after pulling head, re: broken valvespring
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Findings after pulling head, re: broken valvespring
Looks like I'm a lucky SOB.
No other damage that I could find, all cylinder walls on that bank were perfect. head had no damage, even the exhaust valve that hit the piston looked normal, aside from the fact that it looked perfectly clean whereas all the other exhaust valves were brown. I guess that continues stream of ethanol it got cleaned it up??
It's pretty amazing to me that just this valve not operating caused the engine to run like such ****. But I can't find anything else wrong. Motor had normal oil pressure.
KB recommended just filing the defect smooth and running it, sounds good to me. I bet my dremel sanding bit will make quick work of it, with great care of course.
The other question is now what to do with the setup. Since I've basically got the thing torn down, lifters and everything out, I guess I'll do the cam swap I've been wanting to do. As far as heads, I haven't decided yet it I want to reuse mine or go with something else.
No other damage that I could find, all cylinder walls on that bank were perfect. head had no damage, even the exhaust valve that hit the piston looked normal, aside from the fact that it looked perfectly clean whereas all the other exhaust valves were brown. I guess that continues stream of ethanol it got cleaned it up??
It's pretty amazing to me that just this valve not operating caused the engine to run like such ****. But I can't find anything else wrong. Motor had normal oil pressure.
KB recommended just filing the defect smooth and running it, sounds good to me. I bet my dremel sanding bit will make quick work of it, with great care of course.
The other question is now what to do with the setup. Since I've basically got the thing torn down, lifters and everything out, I guess I'll do the cam swap I've been wanting to do. As far as heads, I haven't decided yet it I want to reuse mine or go with something else.
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Look into the Brian Tooley valve spring kits. *EDIT* I see you decided to go with them, Good choice!!!
The springs actually look nicer then the last set of dual golds I bought. I can't remember if they were PRC's or Patriots but the finish is much nicer on the Tooley's I just received.
The springs actually look nicer then the last set of dual golds I bought. I can't remember if they were PRC's or Patriots but the finish is much nicer on the Tooley's I just received.
Last edited by 1FastBrick; 03-15-2013 at 09:34 PM. Reason: Edit