# Broke a exhaust spring.....dammit! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [November 20, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415 "2011-11-20T16:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/1 "2011-11-20T16:34:20Z")
![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111120_153909.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111120_153909.jpg) the valve seems to be stuck closed…hopefully the damage is minimal. ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111120_153933.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111120_153933.jpg) Pulling the motor out and doing a full freshen up…just too much breaking at the end of the year…gotta make sure nothing else is tired.:banghead ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/2 "2011-11-20T16:35:57Z")
Ouch, good one. I’d do a LD test on that cylinder and check the valve just incase. Very rarely does it tweak the valve stem, but it does happen. Shit just noticed what you said at the bottom of that pic. Yeah, not good. Would not be surprised if you found the stem bent ---
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/3 "2011-11-20T17:09:43Z")
> [@Another local club/forum.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-local-club-forum/46167/16): > > Ouch, good one. I’d do a LD test on that cylinder and check the valve just incase. Very rarely does it tweak the valve stem, but it does happen. > > Shit just noticed what you said at the bottom of that pic. Yeah, not good. Would not be surprised if you found the stem bent oh the valve is toast…guide probably is as well…most likely I will be replacing that piston to…fingers crossed that it just kissed…but I doubt it. ---
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/4 "2011-11-22T15:02:40Z")
WOW…talk about lucky! ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_101405.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_101405.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120622.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120622.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120640.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120640.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120736.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120736.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120524.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111122_120524.jpg) Figured with the miles on these heads it was time for a new set rather than just replace a valve and springs…so these will go back as cores and I will have a new set with hollow stem stainless valves. Intakes at 2.15" and sodium filled exhausts at 1.65"…should flow a shitload of air. ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/5 "2011-11-22T15:05:44Z")
I want all you just said. ---
**Author:** ![GermanPSI](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/germanpsi/32/6353_2.png) [@GermanPSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GermanPSI)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/6 "2011-11-22T16:27:30Z")
U shoulda play the lottery ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/7 "2011-11-22T16:33:43Z")
Wow ---
**Author:** ![ramairetransam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@ramairetransam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ramairetransam)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/8 "2011-11-23T04:15:35Z")
i got lucky like that earlier this year when a valve spring broken. ---
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/9 "2011-12-01T16:37:06Z")
![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165028.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165028.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165040.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165040.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165104.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165104.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165205.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165205.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165241.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/ESC3/IMG_20111201_165241.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![REDWGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redwgn/32/6695_2.png) [@REDWGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/REDWGN)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/10 "2011-12-01T16:38:26Z")
Beautifulllll. Whos heads are those? ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/11 "2011-12-01T16:39:45Z")
![http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q311/Xpaywtithdeath/6bbfdbba.jpg](http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q311/Xpaywtithdeath/6bbfdbba.jpg) Pwr apaches. ---
**Author:** ![REDWGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redwgn/32/6695_2.png) [@REDWGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/REDWGN)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/12 "2011-12-01T16:41:34Z")
F\*CK, that’s what I thought. I’m jealous. ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/13 "2011-12-01T16:43:06Z")
Yeah. That, with the upgrade is like a $3000 set of heads id say. ---
**Author:** ![ReDevil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redevil/32/6385_2.png) [@ReDevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ReDevil)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/14 "2011-12-01T16:46:05Z")
Everytime I see the thread title, muffler bearings and headlight fluid comes to mind :lol ---
**Author:** ![88slowmarro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/88slowmarro/32/6339_2.png) [@88slowmarro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/88slowmarro)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/15 "2011-12-01T17:00:53Z")
Is that nolans hand in the bottom pic ??? ---
**Author:** ![REDWGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/redwgn/32/6695_2.png) [@REDWGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/REDWGN)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/16 "2011-12-01T17:02:58Z")
:rofl no john ---
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/17 "2011-12-01T17:03:36Z")
Not Nolans hand…lol. Going from a 68cc chamber on the old heads to a 74cc chamber on these. I will drop from 10.8:1 compression to 10.25…just about perfect for 14 psi. ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/18 "2011-12-01T17:05:42Z")
So ill order these in the summer and drop my CR to boostable point! Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![10secondC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/10secondc/32/6715_2.png) [@10secondC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/10secondC)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/19 "2011-12-01T17:10:06Z")
You would need regular 5.7 heads with 84cc chambers to get to a boostable compression ratio. Lets just finish what you started ok? ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415/20 "2011-12-01T17:11:12Z")
So its possible? Haha. I dont think my motor without arp stuff and billet mains would take boost. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/broke-a-exhaust-spring-dammit/261415.md?page=2)