Well I tried to help ryan @ eibach organize a valve spring test, but he seems to be busy surfing and taking care of the newbs on here.

So I have an arrangement with tom @ portflow to have him test some springs.

I already have some jg & itr springs ready for testing. But I need some more springs.

So here are some springs that I want to have tested:
-Supertech- I might be able to get some direct from ***** @ ST
-Manley, might be able to get some direct or maybe full-race wants to send me some.
-crower
-toda
-jun
-eibach
-rocket motorsports, hopefully gen 1 & 2

I would like to have all the springs sent to me then I will have them sent to tom.
You only have to pay for shipping to me, I will pay for shipping to get the springs back to you.

I do need all the springs at the same time. Its going to be a one day event thing. Could be over multiple days spread out, but I would like to have it just happen once.

Not sure when this will all go down. Just a matter of having everyone send me their springs. I can set a target date for 2 weeks from today.

So something like May 15th, I will have everyones springs in my hand. Then roughly 7-10 days later, you should have your springs back in your possession

 

Rob, what ever I can do to help let me know and you got it

 

Glad to see that you are stepping up to the plate once again Bob.

I wish I could help you out but the RM gen 1 springs I have sitting in my room are going in a customers car in a few weeks.

 

sorry, guys, can`t get anybody here to commite to the test. we`ve been beyond slammed for the past 10 weeks and it`s not getting any slower! If we were testing standard springs or shocks, I could do it myself. But throwing the spintron into the mix requires a few people here.

good luck!

btw, water is still chilly, I`ll hit the waves in another week or so.



If I can help somehow, let me know.

 

Make sure t get a retainer from each vendor as well.

 

no biggy ryan. got to pay the bills and pay for the filet mignon/lobster dinners you have.

Im going to call a bunch of people today and see if I can make this happen.

I dont know about the crower valve springs, I dont know anyone that has those, or know anyone at crower...

 

I know a few people that work for/with Crower so I might be able to set you up with something over there.

Give me a call today and well discuss the details

 

Very interested in this thread..

 

yeah this should be good.

alot of companies claim their springs can handle alot of lift, but with the retainer they are running, it coil binds well below their claimed amount of lift

 

Some bumpage from the bottom of the second page.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bob-DC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">alot of companies claim their springs can handle alot of lift, but with the retainer they are running, it coil binds well below their claimed amount of lift</TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you going to try and test all the springs you get with their respective retainers?

I would think that would be best.

 

Bump to try and prevent the test that failed twice.

 

bump for good effort. any word on that piston test?

 

What criterias will the spring be tested upon and what type of information may we see from the results?

In other words, what are you trying to compare?

Thanks Rob,

Len

 

Glad to see you making it happen
Tom is a good guy to run tests-he is pretty unbiased.

 

u should add KMS springs to the test. they have claimed that their springs match and sometimes exceed the standards of other aftermarket springs.

http://www.honda-performance.com is their website.
give them a call, im sure theyd welcome the chance to just get their name out if nothing else.

also why arent u testing skunk2 springs?

 

I might wait another 2 weeks till school is done for me

but I still plan on doing it

 

Bump

 

ok i will call or email manley and supertech today to see if they are up for the mini test

that leaves

-toda
-jun
-RM gen 1 & gen 2
-crower
-REV (stan @ http://www.fast-turbo.com might be able to get these to me)
-eibach
-itr (i think i have an extra set already, otherwise i can buy it so thats covered)

what else?

 

See if you can get some Import Builders and RS Machine springs too.

 

very interested to see the results ...

 

throw ferrea into the mix. they have 6 different spring set ups to choose from, from mild to wild.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RABHonda &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">throw ferrea into the mix. they have 6 different spring set ups to choose from, from mild to wild.</TD></TR></TABLE>
really?

i thought they only had one set of springs.

thanks for the info

 

they have a single spring setup that can handle 13.5mm of lift. then they have daily driver setups, n/a, mild turbo, drag turbo, road racing, high compression n/a drag.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bob-DC2 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I might wait another 2 weeks till school is done for me

but I still plan on doing it</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

this test shall decide my valve spring choice........bump