| How to find the right valve springs... |
Subject: How to find the right valve springs... by Dale1990 on 2010/7/30 22:07:50 Old thread 86 Vette. 383. 113 heads done by LPE in the early 90s. Thanks to numerous other projects (fuel pumps, heater cores, life, etc) I'm finally back to this project. Since I'm not totally sure what I'm doing, I'm adding a bunch of pics so if anyone sees anything amiss, please let me know - click for ginormous size. I pulled the old spring out. I'm no expert but I think this might be bad...  Hi-ResHere is a shot of the underside of the rocker. I don't see any evidence of impact...  Hi_Res Here is the valve w/o the spring or rocker. I tried to get as close to the tip as I could (I'd like a macro lens for this). I'm not sure what a valve float strike would look like but this looks kinda normal to me. Any other ideas?  Hi-Res Now for the questions. Here is a shot of the valve spring mic installed. There is no up/down movement of the valve. The cap and keys are installed but the oil shield is not. Am I doing this right? If so, I get about 1.94". Does that make sense? EDIT: I measured with the shims in place. I suppose a real measurement would need those taken out.  Hi-Res I haven't taken a spring in to check the open/closed pressure yet. Any ideas or advice is welcome. Thanks! |
