LS6 valve spring failure: any '04's or '01's?
11-14-2006, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
Are you serious? They fail all the time... but people don't cry about quality b/c everyone blames the higer lift cam.
11-14-2006, 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ZeeOSix
I'm talking with a STOCK cam ... not a high lift aftermarket cam. How many aftermarket springs that are intended for stock LS1 or LS6 engines have failed?
11-14-2006, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
Hmmm... that's a rare scenario... most running a stock cam keep the stock springs.
11-14-2006, 10:00 PM
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All I'm saying is that the yellows aren't as bad as people make them out to be... in fact, they're great. Failures are accross all years, even '01s and even LS1's.
11-15-2006, 03:11 AM
#25
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Originally Posted by Cobra4B
All I'm saying is that the yellows aren't as bad as people make them out to be... in fact, they're great. Failures are accross all years, even '01s and even LS1's.
But if it's really bad metallurgy/quality then it might be wise to change to an aftermarket spring that has a better quality and reliability reputation. That's what I think most people are trying to determine.
11-15-2006, 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by torchredfrc
I had a set of aftermarket Manley springs fail recently. Switched to 918's and have been happy since. Valve did not touch piston as far as I can tell. I do have an aftermarked MTI (Houston) C2 cam .576/.576 224/224 112 LSA. Gotta pay to play; Good luck finding your replacement springs. For your purposes, I think I would stick to the yellow LS2 springs.
11-15-2006, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by sothpaw2
Are the LS2 springs currently going into new C6's the exact same spring as is in my 2002 LS6? Same as in the 2004 LS6? Just different batches?
11-15-2006, 12:14 PM
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I have heard the same, and with a ramp up in production one would assume that the failure issue has hopefully been resolved and possibly the reasons were addressed through metalurgy or possibly a new vendor. Assuming that the LS2 is also running the same springs, you could check the C6 section for problems as well as the GTO forums. I haven't seen many lately though.
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11-16-2006, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
I have seen failures reported, and from memory the 02's seemed to be prominent. Not sure on vendors either, my new set of "yellows" that I plan to rebuild my stock LS1 heads with are Made in Germany.
