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magnum head ??? #233272
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does any one know were i can get higher lift beehive valve springs 474 lift

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233273
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you might check www.hughesengines.com


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233274
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The GM 3100 V6 springs are a perfect match for a cam that size and you will not get a cheaper deal from an aftermarket company like comp crane lunati... also NO machining nescacary.


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: HotRodDave] #233275
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about the gm thing what kind of truck would it be in and what is the ci

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Any impala or mini van with a 3.1 or 3.4 V6. Get the retainers and springs, less than $125 last time I got a set (they can't figure out why I always buy them in sets of 16).


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: HotRodDave] #233277
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Quote:

Any impala or mini van with a 3.1 or 3.4 V6. Get the retainers and springs, less than $125 last time I got a set (they can't figure out why I always buy them in sets of 16).




retainers are common with all LS series V-8's, too, and around here if you're junkyarding, pontiac grand ams and other N bodies are a good source if you want used....IIRC the changeover to these springs was ~ '94 or so. search the archives, I have the part numbers listed in my "cheap magnum spring" thread, and the cheapest place to order them new are gmpartsdirect.com

btw, is that 474" lift with 1.5 rockers, or the magnum's 1.6? if it's 1.5's (i.e. the MP 474 cam for LA's), it's actually .506" lift with the magnum rockers.

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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: patrick] #233278
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thats what a 441 lift cam came out to be but i mite stick with the huesengins springs but there $10 and over for 1 i was just geting ideas

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I'd definitely go the GM 3100 spring route then....


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: patrick] #233280
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idk i like the behive springs there nice and light and as my sayin goes if it ant mopar it ant going on my mopar but u got a point about the chevy springs and i mite go that way i dont know yet

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233281
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The Chevy springs are beehives.


"Hey mister, something's wrong with your car, it idles roughly" - number one comment I got in Israel when daily driving a 70 Barracuda with a lopey cam.

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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: HotRodDave] #233282
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Quote:

The GM 3100 V6 springs are a perfect match for a cam that size and you will not get a cheaper deal from an aftermarket company like comp crane lunati... also NO machining nescacary.




How much lift can the GM 3100 springs take? Can they go over .500" lift?

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: RDJ] #233283
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depends on what you can get for IH. check out the "best of discussion. in my specific measurements, they coil bind at 1.065", so to get adequate safety factor, I'd add want lift + 1.120" (.055" above coil bind) for my install height. on the uncut mag heads I have that I tried them on, IIRC I got just a touch under 1.6", so if you add a valve job that sinks the valves ~ .030", then .5" lift should be OK.


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: patrick] #233284
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thanks but im still not sold on this tho

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233285
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what about the stock spring u think i can use that spring

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233286
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I am using stock springs with .513 valve lift and has been running fine for 2 years.


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: StandOnIt] #233287
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the stock springs in my old '96 ram would float the valves slightly before 5000 RPM....


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: patrick] #233288
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Stock springs and .513 lift

Mabey they "survive" because a flat tappet is so much lighter than a stock roller

I would be scared to rev it up to 6000 though


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: HotRodDave] #233289
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Not to thread jack but on the subject of stock Magnum springs I'm about to put a set onto an LA 318; but use a stock 360 cam, (nearly identical to a Comp 252, minus~0.015" lift) the stock (non E 58) 360 has a lift of .410 (with stock LA shaft rocker gear) with Magnum rocker gear (1.6 RR) I come up with about a 0.438" lift on that same cam. This is going into a 3/4 T. pickup with a 727 and 3.55 gearz; I doubt the motor will ever see over 4K RPM; stock Magnum beehive springs good enuf???

My IH came out perfect to stock Magnum spec, (1.64")just a shade over 1-5/8" with reground stock Magnum-head valves, in a set of EQ 318-B's. I "only" have 5 cracked OEM Magnum heads here to cherry pick the best valves out of so I didnt buy new valves for that new set of heads.
Gotta save money somewhere so I can have some left for the Project Car, right?

Re: magnum head ??? [Re: volaredon] #233290
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lift wise you should be fine. according to my dad's '97 ram FSM, the 318 mag cam is right around .450 lift.


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Re: magnum head ??? [Re: dustpan man] #233291
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here is a photo of the 94 gran am 3.1 spring.

10.99 at advance auto if these are the right ones.

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