oe or not oe??
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oe or not oe??
look at these retainers and let me know what you think... they look aftermarket to me. The person who owned the head before me and robstunner and another member on this board obviously raced with it or atleast put some type of money in it. anyhow take a look and give me some feedback.
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good point...but how does that help me decifer if these are oe or not? pointless posts dont help people. If this is the only camera that I have, then what am I supposed to do? This is a forum where people come here to learn and to teach and give honest words of advice, if you dont have anything under the guidelines to say, then dont say anything...
Now since you, yourself have a b16, are your retainers chrome or are they a brownish color? This should determine if they are infact aftermarket or not yeah??
Now since you, yourself have a b16, are your retainers chrome or are they a brownish color? This should determine if they are infact aftermarket or not yeah??
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Originally Posted by pomansouth
good point...but how does that help me decifer if these are oe or not?
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Originally Posted by Kai
We can't really tell by those pictures. They're too blurry.
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good point...but how does that help me decifer if these are oe or not? pointless posts dont help people. If this is the only camera that I have, then what am I supposed to do? This is a forum where people come here to learn and to teach and give honest words of advice, if you dont have anything under the guidelines to say, then dont say anything...
Now since you, yourself have a b16, are your retainers chrome or are they a brownish color? This should determine if they are infact aftermarket or not yeah??
Now since you, yourself have a b16, are your retainers chrome or are they a brownish color? This should determine if they are infact aftermarket or not yeah??
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Originally Posted by b16LeiaEGcivic
wow thanks for the lecture on posts I was being completely serious that if you have a question that require a visual inspection that maybe a picture you can make out would be a better choice.
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personally, if there is no way to tell what company made said components, like the previous owner had no receipt or couldnt remember what kind they were, then I would buy new shit. I only trust my own work unless backed by receipt/knowledge from the previous owner. I might just be paranoid, but I dont want to chance the whole build because of retainers/springs I am unsure of..........this is all based on IF they are aftermarket....but as KAI mentioned earlier the magnet test is a good start.
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well the magnet test seems valid enough for me, the magnet attracts to the springs, but not the retainer. Isnt there a tool that i can measure the springs with... if so, I can see if they are good enough for stage 2 or 3 cams. Also the stock cams were not used in a previous setup so i am guessing that the springs and retainers are not oem... I am still gonna take em out and spec em down and see if i cant measure the strength of them, because i am gonna get flat faced valves. Anyhow i appreciate the help
thanks,
Steven
thanks,
Steven