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Sep 11, 2008 | 07:54 PM

40yards

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Question: valve guides

i'm sorry i am a newbie to this thing. what i want to ask is.. what is the difference between the stock black valve guides compare to the gold/bronze valve guides.

Sep 11, 2008 | 07:57 PM

slomofo

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The material it's made out of.

Different material = different strength.

Sep 11, 2008 | 08:05 PM

40yards

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Re: (slomofo)

sorry to hear you got rip off by kmodifiedracing.com. thanks for the info though

Sep 12, 2008 | 05:42 PM

mmuller

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Re: (40yards)

bronze valve guides are softer but provide less drag, usually last pretty long, better thermal conductivity; so used when shorter than stock guides are needed