Can anyone recommend a good budget minded valve spring compressor. To use on W2 heads in the car. Need to change valve springs. Jim

Jim I didn't find anything that looked good either. The ones Comp sells will not work, I had one to try from my 360 and no go.

My Dad has an LSM on car tool for his W9 heads. I used that LSM piece and made an adaptor from a piece of scrap aluminum so I could bolt it to the W2 heads. It worked like a charm, LSM certainly doesn't give their stuff away though.

Thanks Clark. Jim

Hi Jim,

You might check, I think LSM might make a W2 adapter now.

Their stuff is expensive but top notch.

Bill

So you are saying they saw my adaptor on face book and copied me? lol

LOL, I don't know what the LSM looks like but perhaps!

That one appears to be the same one Comp and Pro Form Sell. It works great on stock heads but does not work well on the "Race" W2 rocker setup. I do not know if it will work with the Econo W2 setup though.

On the race W2 heads I was able to get the spring off with that tool but there was no way it was going back on. Perhaps a stock style spring but not something with 700lbs open. I had visions of pulling a valve spring out the sheetrock in my garage so I looked into other options.

Recently used LSM compressor on my Ede head, beehive spring, BB. Removed and re-installed 16 springs. Not 600 pounds open, but 400.

Had a Proform that I pitched after a single spring.

A bit expensive, but worth it.

http://www.lsmproducts.com/lsm_products/valve_spring_compressors