Hey guys, I'm kinda new to the all-motor game. I've been seeing pictures of ti retainers becoming paper thin after 10k miles and hearing a lot of bad stuff, so I want to switch to ITR Springs and retainers (or just retainers).

My question is, can this work ok with my cams? I am running Jun III cams in a GSR head with skunk 2 ti retainers and Skunk 2 springs right now. I always see with big cams like this that you need to upgrade the springs and retainers... but then I've seen some people running ITR's on some decently big cams, so I am kind of confused.

or would I just be better off getting new Ti retainers regularly? thanks for any help!

EDIT- this car is more of a daily driver than race car, and I only rev it up to about 9k every once and a while.


Modified by MiKeAhOwSkI at 4:34 AM 1/28/2005

 

just a little FYI...........itr, gsr, new b16, all the retainers are the same. i was actually pricing them out last night at some of the online honda parts places. look to spend 45 buck or so on a set of 16.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by MiKeAhOwSkI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey guys, I'm kinda new to the all-motor game. I've been seeing pictures of ti retainers becoming paper thin after 10k miles and hearing a lot of bad stuff, so I want to switch to ITR Springs and retainers (or just retainers).

My question is, can this work ok with my cams? I am running Jun III cams in a GSR head with skunk 2 ti retainers and Skunk 2 springs right now. I always see with big cams like this that you need to upgrade the springs and retainers... but then I've seen some people running ITR's on some decently big cams, so I am kind of confused.

or would I just be better off getting new Ti retainers regularly? thanks for any help!

EDIT- this car is more of a daily driver than race car, and I only rev it up to about 9k every once and a while.


Modified by MiKeAhOwSkI at 4:34 AM 1/28/2005</TD></TR></TABLE>

Quit looking at the cheap/crap Titanium retainers then and start looking at the good stuff.

http://www.m24x.com

 

skunk2's valvetrain compenents(excluding they're cams) aren't really THAT great,get some good springs and retainers that are titanium and your set.I wouldn't run stock itr valvetrain with your Jun 3's