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Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:05 AM
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So im just wondering what everyones thought is on which selection to choose from?

The ones i found are:
Brian Crower's Kit
Dezods Kit
Supertech's

im not sure if brian crower's comes with seat locators or not, i known dezods says it does but BC's doesnt mention it. BC's are also like 70 bucks cheaper then dezod and supertechs. What do u think.
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:09 AM
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watching as well.. planning to upgrade my valve springs and retainers too and just use stock cams and raise my limiter higher
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 01:46 AM
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In supertech I trust. Supertech uses a dual valve springs that have a higher spring rate but because the valves arent taller then stock they dont have a problem with springs snapping as they heat up at highier rpm ranges... I am not a big fan of Brian Crower- used to see wide tolerances with the valve spring rates. The dezod may be pretty good but I have never used... I prefer Supertech also because they are proven to out perform almost anything in the market in its price range with out modification.
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interested in more info on this too, i was looknig at the supertech's
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I heard the Crower stuff isnt that great....but the dezod kit is the way to go..
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 03:22 AM
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Originally Posted by darkflare999
I heard the Crower stuff isnt that great....but the dezod kit is the way to go..
Dezod Fanboi or are you rocking them with good information to share?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 03:27 AM
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what supertech are people running? the 60lb or the 81lb? also are people running stock cams with just springs and retainers?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 03:29 AM
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or are they upgrading the cams while the heads off?
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I plan on running stock cam
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most ppl are still running stock cams.. not many have done the BC cams.. but if u got the money then shoot do it.. lots of tuning in doing cams
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so i can run springs and retainers with oem cam then....basically ill im gonna be able to do is rev up to 75ish right?....basically i want a high reving engine without going cams..already got da boost but its like im not lettin the turbo have its full fun by cuttin it off at 63k ya know what i mean?
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ya.. when i do springs and tainers ima set it to like 75ish but right now i only got valves and i think ima set it at 7 for now
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mine is 6700 right now, all stock.. 7500 should be good enough after upgrade
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I prefer ours over each brand. Why?

1) SuperTech offers 2 spring designs. One with a little more than stock spring pressure. The other is a dual wound made for high boost. The problem with the second set is that the seat locator is ok IMO. It is not the best design,

2) BC, too new to really tell about them, but they seem ok

3) Ours are run where run on Dan Gardners car for an entire race season reving to as high as 7800 RPMS. Jeff (318_tc) who made 454whp used ours. Our seat design is far more advanced and of a better construction that SuperTechs IMO.
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Im running supertech 81lbs on stock cams with supertech valves reving to 8100 pretty much untuned.
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Originally Posted by purevision01
Im running supertech 81lbs on stock cams with supertech valves reving to 8100 pretty much untuned.
just 8100???

haha
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by NotAStockScion
Originally Posted by purevision01
Im running supertech 81lbs on stock cams with supertech valves reving to 8100 pretty much untuned.
just 8100???

haha
Give me another month I might be at 9 grand... That should make for an interesting video.
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So if one was running stock springs and retainers but has upgraded valves what do u say the max they should raise there redline to would be?
Old Jan 23, 2009 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SoFloTC
So if one was running stock springs and retainers but has upgraded valves what do u say the max they should raise there redline to would be?
Not sure... I always upgrade the springs and retainers if I know I'm going to raise the limiter... But you can be the guinie pig lol. When you have the car dyno'd just check the hp curve at the upper rpm on the graph... If the hp starts to die off then you should back the rpm down bcuz the springs are starting to loose control of the valves.
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I'd trust Brian Crower more than anyone. He has always gotten me top notch products and always work flawlessly. Now if only he would get my EVO X camshafts finished . . .



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