2001B18C1GS-R

OK well im building my 01 gsr

using endyn rollerwaves 4.2cc pistons .5mm over so 81.50 mm
balanced,blueprinted,micropolished and knifeedged block
eagle rods
arp headstuds
deck .005 head milled .005
oem head gasket
skunk2 stage 2 cams
and which valvetrain
think supertehc flat nirtide valves maybe or maybe not
about 11.4-11.6 compression depending on valves

Now i need a daily drivable valvetrain i've read and heard tit retainer wear fast and need replacing im looking for something that can handle 9200-9400 ropms daily and last a very long honda years

1. Tit reatiners =wear and tear need replacing every 6 month or 1yr or 3 years whatever.

2. I heard crower cromoly retainers using crower spring to match i heard from some builder they stay that i'm prone to float a vlave due to crower have such hard springs

3. my tuner says reuse the skunk2 spring i have already and my oem reatiner but up till 9400 rpms i'm not sure im worried about that

PLease any info comment remarks anything would help thanks alot guys

2001B18C1GS-R

anyone with any info

ek_kid

one of my friends had stock retainers and upgraded cams and valve springs and the retainer snapped in half and destroyed his entire engine at 9300rpms. now i am not saying this is normal but it scares me.

2001B18C1GS-R

i dont know what my tuner was thinking when he said that all he said was if you get tit retainers your gonna be replacing them every 6 months or ever year so that worried be you know it not like changeing you oil it a pain in the ***

thats why im hinking of this crower choromoly but there might be someone one the site that has some great info and aint sharing but tit retainers

how are the rocket motorsports do those hold up for a while

I mean i but about 20-25,00 miles a year maybe a little less but it a lot of 9500 trips everyday al least

ek_kid

I have never herd of titanium retainers going bad after 30,000 mi. But i am sure your tuner knows more than me well i hope someone helps you out. good luck

2001B18C1GS-R

thanks yea my tuner says tit sucks and dont recommend it for daily driven cars i mean he know that i drive around alot and put alot of miles on my car while beating the shitof it vtec is like crack im addict and i cant stop

2001B18C1GS-R

anyone running this retainers and how many miles on them how are they what springs are you running with them and also how many miles and have they wore down yet thanks

jvtec95

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Combustion Contraption

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 2001B18C1GS-R &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks yea my tuner says tit sucks </TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you sure your tuner doesnt suck tit?

2001B18C1GS-R

haaaha good one i suck at typing but my tunere staes that titanuim reatiners sucks tit due to the wear they do and due to how thin athen they crack then you blow you motor then your cry i know i know its a horrible story but **** happens then you die right right

permaisuri

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Are you sure your tuner doesnt suck tit?</TD></TR></TABLE>

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Player5530

im runnng supertech complete valvetrain im my R and it works great i miss shifted twice going from 3rd to 2nd and i dont know where the rpms went too the needle went pass 9k and my motor didnt blow up. this is running toda B cams. i just recently took the motor part and i inspected the valve train and everthing look fine no wear on the titanium retainers and i have about 20k on the valvetrain. hope this helps. good luck with ur build

2001B18C1GS-R

really umm... maybe then i should look into supertech

is anyone else running supertech and how many miles have you had and how the wear

also to player5530 how do you nspected the valvetrain did you measure the thinkness of the retainer compared to a new one to se if wearing fast or not thanks

Player5530

yea i have 4 sets of valvetrains at my house so i just mic.ed it and compared the numbers to the new valve train. i also looked for any physical wear where the two metals would meet, i did not see any scars. Im up grading to there new TI retainers which are a little taller and thinner where the spring makes contact. ***** at supertech explained the science behind the new retainers. they are suppose to put less spring tension on the valve train or some thing of the sort. call him he can explain it better than me.