In Car Valve Spring Tester

Cam · 06-05-2009, 08:24 PM

Rich:
I ordered the KD tool. Nothing back from LSM yet.
Cam

Rich Biebel · 06-06-2009, 04:51 PM

Cam...you can easily remove the springs with that tester and check them with a bench tester. I have only used the Moroso on car spring tester in the past and it is not even close to being accurate. We used it as a way to look for very obvioulsy weak springs or maybe a broken inner on roller cam springs. I know the LSM stuff is very good but it's going to be very difficult to use something on the springs under the cowl of any late model LT-1 Stocker. I was doing a leakdown test on my engine and looking over the valvetrain one day and found I had broken a bunch of dampers. I think it was from a poor fit between the dampers and the ID type spring seats I had used.

06-05-2009, 08:24 PM	#1
Cam Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Prince George, BC, Canada Posts: 83 Likes: 6 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: In Car Valve Spring Tester Rich: I ordered the KD tool. Nothing back from LSM yet. Cam

06-06-2009, 04:51 PM	#2
Rich Biebel VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern New Jersey suburbs Posts: 2,315 Likes: 25 Liked 544 Times in 213 Posts	Re: In Car Valve Spring Tester Cam...you can easily remove the springs with that tester and check them with a bench tester. I have only used the Moroso on car spring tester in the past and it is not even close to being accurate. We used it as a way to look for very obvioulsy weak springs or maybe a broken inner on roller cam springs. I know the LSM stuff is very good but it's going to be very difficult to use something on the springs under the cowl of any late model LT-1 Stocker. I was doing a leakdown test on my engine and looking over the valvetrain one day and found I had broken a bunch of dampers. I think it was from a poor fit between the dampers and the ID type spring seats I had used. __________________ Rich Biebel S/C 1479 Stock 147R