[Spridgets] Valve Guide Position

Hal Faulkner frog.aye at gmail.com
Fri Nov 23 17:48:22 MST 2012


The Isky valve springs I got from A{T to go with my SPVP3 cam were black
when I got them but when I got the head back from the machine shop they had
an orange coating, it seems kind of waxy.  I just assumed it was some kind
of lubricant or heat stuff, or something.
Hal

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Dean Hedin <dlh2001 at comcast.net> wrote:

> I did some calculations and it looks like my green retainers are aluminum,
> most likely T7075 alloy.
>
> The density came out to be 2.76 gram/cc
>
> That head on ebay is very similar to what I've got.
> Except I have no combustion chamber mods and my dual springs
> are unpainted.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of CosmicMag1380
> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2012 2:20 PM
> To: Spridgets
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Valve Guide Position
>
> On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:40 PM, JeffG-Mail <jeffsbugeye at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just looking on ebay and found a 948 head that has orange springs and green
> retainers, the guy is in Milwaukie.  item # 230885594351
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