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Old 06-07-2013, 11:32 AM   #15
Rufton
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Re: Valve springs, 5.3 ?

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Originally Posted by 66C06 View Post
not true..
I'm gonna have to agree to disagree on that one.
If take spring rates to higher limit. Say 100,000 lbs/in. The valve train will wear faster than spring at 100 lbs/in. Can extrapolate argument to real world spring rates. In the real world I've seen stiff springs wear valve stems/guides/PR etc. faster than OEM.
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