Damn that sucks you have to change them out every year or so

 

pretty good, it has a little chop to it

 

Its not that big of a deal, just make sure you are quick enough to duck out of the way if/when the springs get away from the compressor....

 

I bought some used Comp 918's to use with my 212/218 .563/.558 cam and I put them in at 37,000 miles after the warranty expired. They are still going strong at 116,000 miles. I don't let it warm up in the morning either...

 

REBEL lol

 

That makes me feel better, but I definitely don't beat on my truck until it's at full operating temp. I might think about changing mine sometime next year.

 

Its not cost-effective to replace them frequently unless you are running a non-stock motor.
Used 5.3 ~ $400-500
New springs ~ $150-300

Not worth it.

Are you guys changing them because of the loss in seat pressure or fear of them breaking. It seems like if they are gonna break, they do it fairly quick, No? I honestly don't care much if they lose seat pressure...

 

I guess this all depends on your point of view, if your time is worth nothing to you then your probably right. I for one would rather spend an evening changing springs once every 1-2 years then have 1-2 weeks of down time while you find a replacement motor, swap your goodies over and get it installed and running.

If I was still running a stock 5.3 with a tiny cam I would probably not be as worried about it cause I would still have LS6 springs. As a little extra seat pressure is not that important to me either...

 

I bought a set of used 918 springs with 15K on them, ran them for over 2 years (about 60K at .590ish) sold them to another member, he had them for a year, I got them back, and theyre in another motor now with who knows how many miles on them.... every motor theyve been in was shifted just short of 7K sprayed, turbo'd etc....

play roulette

 

touche