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Allen Sherman · 09-22-2010, 10:54 PM

While I really dont care either way if they are allowed or not i can tell all of you that putting a titanium valve in ANY of y'all engines will greatly extend the life cycle of the lifters, springs, rocker arms camshaft and cam bearings. If you look at the big picture of spending a little now or alot later the ti valves are cheaper to run in the long run than a stainless valve in pretty much all current SS engine combinations. And yes i do build the engines in Steve Kents SS/AH car and would have a set in there as soon as they are legalized but not so much for the performance gain as much as for the extension of the valvetrain life. I dont have the luxury of having Jesel or T&D in my pocket like CW and Barton do and i envy those guys for having that luxury so i'll take anything we can get to help out our valvetrain. I do agree that it is killing the "purity" of SS but lets be real, i was still a dirty thought in my dads mind when SS was still "pure"...lol...the class is gonna keep evolving and it's just how it's always been. The bad thing is that there are already Ti valves in alot of SS motors illegally, it's a shame but true, unfortunately tech has a hard time when there are 25+ cars in the barn to police who's sneaking the right valves into the heads before they go to the checking table. It's been that way with lots of things over the years, people are gonna stretch the rules to win and that's never gonna change. So as much as i see alot of y'all points on banning them it's only gonna let the guys that are already sneaking them through to keep whatever performance advantage they gain and the rest of us are gonna keep replacing the lifters, springs, cams, rockers and cam bearings at a more rapid rate than them. Also lets be real, a "good" stainless valve is only about 45-50% cheaper than a Ti valve and when we're talking about SS motors that on the "cheap" side are costing $20 grand whats another $800? I know all about being on a budget but when you look at a savings over time for that extra initial investment its kind of a no brainer. I think alot of times some of us are so resistant to any change that we don't look at the big picture of how it could have positive financial rewards long term. OK i'll get off the soapbox now...

09-22-2010, 10:54 PM	#5
Allen Sherman Banned Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 147 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Titanium Valves Allowed in S/S? While I really dont care either way if they are allowed or not i can tell all of you that putting a titanium valve in ANY of y'all engines will greatly extend the life cycle of the lifters, springs, rocker arms camshaft and cam bearings. If you look at the big picture of spending a little now or alot later the ti valves are cheaper to run in the long run than a stainless valve in pretty much all current SS engine combinations. And yes i do build the engines in Steve Kents SS/AH car and would have a set in there as soon as they are legalized but not so much for the performance gain as much as for the extension of the valvetrain life. I dont have the luxury of having Jesel or T&D in my pocket like CW and Barton do and i envy those guys for having that luxury so i'll take anything we can get to help out our valvetrain. I do agree that it is killing the "purity" of SS but lets be real, i was still a dirty thought in my dads mind when SS was still "pure"...lol...the class is gonna keep evolving and it's just how it's always been. The bad thing is that there are already Ti valves in alot of SS motors illegally, it's a shame but true, unfortunately tech has a hard time when there are 25+ cars in the barn to police who's sneaking the right valves into the heads before they go to the checking table. It's been that way with lots of things over the years, people are gonna stretch the rules to win and that's never gonna change. So as much as i see alot of y'all points on banning them it's only gonna let the guys that are already sneaking them through to keep whatever performance advantage they gain and the rest of us are gonna keep replacing the lifters, springs, cams, rockers and cam bearings at a more rapid rate than them. Also lets be real, a "good" stainless valve is only about 45-50% cheaper than a Ti valve and when we're talking about SS motors that on the "cheap" side are costing $20 grand whats another $800? I know all about being on a budget but when you look at a savings over time for that extra initial investment its kind of a no brainer. I think alot of times some of us are so resistant to any change that we don't look at the big picture of how it could have positive financial rewards long term. OK i'll get off the soapbox now...