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Originally Posted by KirkEvil
Hopefully its not in your head, and you do pick up something. Changing springs is a hell of a maintenance to gain nothing.
I swapped my springs when I put in my cam, but I had the luxury of doing them with the heads off. Also, my first time and I used the same crane tool you did. I had problems with the locks staying jammed inside the retainers even after I compressed the stock springs. I dont think I would have had the patience to do them on car...goodluck with the back end of the passenger side.
About how long did it take you to do the one head?
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Changing springs might be a lot maintenance, but a dropped valve is a whole lot more. I actually doubt most people keep their car (dedicated track cars excluded) long enough to wear the valve springs out, but definitley something to be aware of if you are running a bigger cam and or the car sees lots of extended rpm.
I only did the #7 cylinder. I'll do the rest today. The one cylinder took me a couple hours, but that was me screwing around setting up everything etc. I'll post up how long it takes once I get the hang of it. I whacked the top of the retainers with a mallet and socket before using the tool, just to help free up the keepers a little.