ALuminum VS Titanium Retainers

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12-08-2003, 09:06 PM

ISawUL00k

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ALuminum VS Titanium Retainers

i know titanium is way stronger...

Will the valve suck through the center on the aluminum Retainer ?
i have a set of aluminum retainers drove 250 miles still ok. Any out there gota war story aout aluminum retainers ? should i lose'em....

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12-08-2003, 09:20 PM

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actually.. a lot of people say they don't like the TITANIUM retainers.. go into the itr forum there's a whole thing about this.

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12-10-2003, 12:19 PM

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Re: (.jefs0ng)

really depends on what you want to be able to do with the motor. i created a thread not that long ago about this discussion. i plan to rev to 9.5 k with jun 3's so i am not using the itr valvetrain. i'm going with the new ib spec valvetrain with titanium retainers.