# anyone familier with dodge steath's??

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [September 17, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-familier-with-dodge-steaths/246898 "2009-09-17T15:03:08Z")
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### Author: ![SSmokinn\_SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@SSmokinn\_SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SSmokinn_SS)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-familier-with-dodge-steaths/246898/17 "2009-09-17T16:14:43Z")

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> You let your car warm up before driving it? I just start her up and hammer down! LSXs may suffer from very slight piston slap and lifter tick but its nothing to have special warm up periods for. Not until you have forged FI pistons. Just dont rev it past 2500rpm before its warm as not to fatigue your valve springs.
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> Dont get into a stealth. They can be headaches. A friend had one and it leaked oil from everywhere and then found it had a cracked head… This also started out as a “great deal”
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I have .660 lift valve springs, and chromoly 7.425 push rods. Its 100% reccomended with my setup to let the car warm up due to the heavy duty valve train or else you could crack a valve spring.

I have read thread after thread on ls1tech with owners wondering why they dropped a valve or two after cold starts and driving and them not knowing you need to let the car warm up before driving it with the heavy duty valve train. Im talking about with my cam (.601/.609 112lsa). With a smaller cam im sure its nothing to worry about

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