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Valve Spring Tolerance Limit 700

posted by  johnbarry on  Wed Feb 12 04:39 CST 2003
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I am rebuilding a head to put on my 1987 740 Turbo wagon. The valve springs measure less than the 1.77" length limit in the book by about .020". Dealer wants $10/spring and I want to avoid spending money.

Has anyone run with springs that are too short? What happened? Noisy or bad compression?

Has anyone ever seen a valve spring fail?

Or how about shimming the springs so that they are all the same height (an old racer trick)?

Thanks,

John
Seattle, WA






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