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Aug 17, 2012 | 12:34 AM

#22776

IonNinja

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Made in which they are in my trunk lol.Gotta pay to play with these Ecotecs.no alternative other then takin the head to a machine shop.

thats not pay to play, thats a rip off lol...i'm gonna do some more searching

in this video it looks like the guy used a tool similar to the one I linked to originally, only without the hooks on the outside

ecotec valve spring install - part 2 - YouTube

Aug 17, 2012 | 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by turbo_chevy_cobalt

Looks like I need to take a trip up the phoenix to play again soon.

Yessir im not putting it in until the beginning of october so its cooler out. But when you come down this time ill make sure i come out.

Aug 17, 2012 | 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by IonNinja

yeah that one he's using hooks to the bottom of the head(by combustion chambers) how do you think he's compressing them?I've seen these type and they are not cheap.

Aug 17, 2012 | 03:50 AM

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Bored lol.
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Aug 17, 2012 | 01:44 PM

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From: Scottsdale, AZ

Hit the dyno this morning best pull 424/367

Aug 17, 2012 | 02:36 PM

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Hit the dyno this morning best pull 424/367

Needs more cowbell. :p Nice numbers, judging by the tq number it must be real linear. (instead of a giant tq spike)

Aug 17, 2012 | 02:40 PM

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^You are correct, sir. Curve looks decent.... other than the low HP.

Aug 17, 2012 | 02:55 PM

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ya ill try and post the dyno graph up... thought it would put down more power oh well i still have cams to install

Aug 17, 2012 | 03:10 PM

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HP is lower then what I thought it would be. But it can just be dyno. Who knows. What I do know is brant made more on pump gas and 24lbs on his 5857 ...

Aug 17, 2012 | 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevycobaltss3

HP is lower then what I thought it would be. But it can just be dyno. Who knows. What I do know is brant made more on pump gas and 24lbs on his 5857 ...

We don't have the best elevation round these parts

Aug 17, 2012 | 04:50 PM

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Yeah.. You guys suck hahah!!! JK... I looked at his logs and he lost a total of 3-6* in areas because iat2s got up to 130ish on a pull!!! and on other pulls iat1s were 110ish-115.. Yikes lol!!

Aug 17, 2012 | 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Chevycobaltss3

Yeah.. You guys suck hahah!!! JK... I looked at his logs and he lost a total of 3-6* in areas because iat2s got up to 130ish on a pull!!! and on other pulls iat1s were 110ish-115.. Yikes lol!!

On top of that today was considered a "cooler" day so imagine what it would be on a normal 115 degree day lol

Aug 17, 2012 | 06:23 PM

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From: Chandler AZ

Very true. it was actually really nice out after all that rain we got.

Aug 17, 2012 | 06:33 PM

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Congrats NICK!!!!!!!

Aug 17, 2012 | 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by 1LowLS

yeah that one he's using hooks to the bottom of the head(by combustion chambers) how do you think he's compressing them?I've seen these type and they are not cheap.

idk he says its just an OHC spring compressor in the comments...dammit all I wanna do is swap out these damn valve seals

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Hit the dyno this morning best pull 424/367

i'd be happy with those numbers considering the time of year it is lol

Aug 17, 2012 | 09:45 PM

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All I have to say is fuckkkkkkkkkkk that heat haha. Here in ky it's 75* and perfect.

Aug 17, 2012 | 09:47 PM

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**** you and your nice weather

Aug 17, 2012 | 10:37 PM

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Lol... It happens

Aug 18, 2012 | 12:09 AM

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just spent the last hour or so looking at valvetrain installs and looks like I'll be ponying up for that valve spring compressor

going to leave this here for my own reference
Mitsubishi 4G63 Valve Spring Compressor