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Old Sep 19, 2012 | 10:53 PM
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psi 1511s as recommended by advanced induction are top notch. reason you dont hear much about them is the $250 price on them. pac1518s and pac1218s are next on my list. have had them both and both have performed without any issues. presently running 1511s as upgrade to pac1218s i ran before.
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 08:21 AM
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Brian Tooley valves springs is what I've been using. $299, titanium locks and retainers, 155-160 on the seat. He also has some that speed inc. sells for $219 that are similar to prc golds. Steel locks and retainers, 155-160 on the seat.
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 08:37 AM
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I am happy with my Patriot Gold Duals. No valvetrain noise from them.
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by 03sierraslt
I am happy with my Patriot Gold Duals. No valvetrain noise from them.
Thats good to hear, that is what I had put on my 317's for my project.
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Old Sep 20, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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i've never had a problem with patriot gold duals in the past 5 or 6 years. here recently a buddy broke 2 golds within 6 months. he got a full replacement set of golds and found this when he pulled his springs. old next to new:
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i would say he lost a little seat pressure!
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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660' dual gold p's yo!
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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 07:32 PM
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runing patriots dual golds .660 and have had them on my 5.3 pulled them off 2 times and the the 3rd time to my 6.0 still working fine reving to 6800RPM and no problems , got them for 248$ with an Ebay coupon .
if I were to buy springs Id get them or the lunati's
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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TEA Dual Gold springs.
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Old Sep 25, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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sub'd
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Old Sep 26, 2012 | 02:35 AM
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Pac 1207 here, so either pac or lunati .. Heard alot of good stuff about tooley
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