I am currently in th process of building my D-16 Y-8, and will be adding a turbo in the future. I was wondering at what point should I swap out the stock valves for a set of Stainless steal ones. I am shooting for 300WHP on pump gas. I already have a Zex cam, ported head, Skunk 2 valve springs, TI retainers, GSR throttle body, CP pistons, Eagle rods, crank scraper, and will be getting the reciprocating assembly balanced in a few weeks.

 

i think you will be fine for your power level you want

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18C1CYA &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i think you will be fine for your power level you want </TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool.. thanks.. I just don't want to melt one during a Solo 2 event...lol

 

Bump incase anybody else has any more input

 

I made 480 whp with my D16Z6, on stock valves, with no problems what so ever.........

ZEX Man

 

I made 300whp on pump with a stock head and ZEX cam.

 

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ZEX Man</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool.. thanks. That really puts me at ease about using the stock valves. If your beast of a motor didn't distroy them, then mine should be ok.


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Thats what I am shooting for.

 

Bad tuning destroys valves. You should be fine at high power levels with good tuning.