Re: Bent Valve, Too High Revs!!

[<jester@westfailure.net>]

On Fri, 28 Dec 2001, rocco16v wrote:

> Remember, people, stiffer valves springs won't gain one bit of power by
> themselves.  1) IF they let you run a "hotter" cam 2)at higher revs
> 3)without floating the valves, then they might allow your engine to produce
> more horsepower by utilizing the benefits of a hot cam.   But, alone,
> stiffer springs will do no more than increase friction, costing power and
> increasing valvetrain wear.  Caveat emptor/No free lunch.

I wanted to rev to 8k, figured that stiffer springs would do the trick ;)

take care,

Steve

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