I rebuilt my 5.9 magnum with a Hughes cam and EQ heads. They never said anything about return springs. I'll order some up and install them next winter.
New piston springs.
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Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
Amazing how much better it runs with new piston return springs.. I may need to do that to the Barracuda..
Not with those high performance 120 lb/in springs! Possible with weaker springs though.
famous bob
mopar misfit
The new unobtanium springs are the way to go !
I swapped in HEMI springs in my 318.....kicks ***!
Jeff
Jeff
I hope you upgraded to ARP studs. The extra HEMI spring pressure might lift a head on that 318.
Order them here
Piston Return Spring - $54.99 : KaleCoAuto.com, Your home for the rare, unusual, and hard to find auto parts.
I notice you have to specify if you have a boxer engine. Must be lower tension because they don’t have to push up.
Piston Return Spring - $54.99 : KaleCoAuto.com, Your home for the rare, unusual, and hard to find auto parts.
I notice you have to specify if you have a boxer engine. Must be lower tension because they don’t have to push up.
MileHighDart
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Better replace your muffler bearings while you’re at it
Is this what you guys mean when you talk about switching to super stock springs?
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
No, no, those are piston rotator springs so the rings wear evenly.
Hope they checked for coil bind.
Those combined with the posi additive and you got a straight line rocket!!
I watched the video....I'm ready to give it a try!!!
Jeff
Jeff
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
I thought the three different colored marks on the timing belt was a nice touch.
Yeah, 'cause there's no chance you might slip a tooth on the crank pulley while you're dickin around pulling the head off or anything, right?I thought the three different colored marks on the timing belt was a nice touch.
TrailBeast
AKA Mopars4us on Youtube
And the fact that it only needs one mark as long as it doesn't slip on the crank.
I have torn down belted engines before for a quickie head gasket replacement and not used TDC and just marked the belt and pulley at the cam, but the three marks in different colors cracked me up because it was so pointless.
How do you back them off in the winter? Do you have to remove the head?
No, that's why spark plugs gaps are so important, they help preload the spring. I've always been told to remove .005" from plug gaps in the winter just like you remove 5 wts. from your oil for cold weather.
nope, that won't work. You need adjustable head gaskets to change spring preload seasonally.
Here in California the Winters aren't so bad...all we have to do is back off the head bolts a few turns and we're good to go.
Jeff
Jeff
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