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Old 03-19-2024, 05:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Skip Fix View Post
"I have been running the 99893 springs at 160/400 for years and no issues."

Did you check they had that much seat pressure? The ones SD sent on my newer heads did not and had to be shimmed to about 1.770 to get there.
Yes on my wife’s previous engine I did shim them to increase seat pressure to around 160 I believe.
Haven’t touched my engine though.

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