Titanium Valve springs

[Chris "drooze" Wertman]

Thanks for the info, after a couple days of research, I found out what I needed to know, when they fail, they fail catasrophicly.....breaking like a candy cane and leaving shards everywhere, the tension of a spring breaking in relation to steel is huge, and as a result the resulting teardown and rebuild equally as massive.

I was looking to save money in the long run if they were more durable, it dosent seem that they are in for the long haul in a stocker, if they cost $1800 a set and lasted all season without failure, and could help eliminate valve float at absurd RPM, its a no-brainer, but unfortunatley this isnt the case.

Im limited to beehives, and well single springs make me nervous for high revs......they just do....So I was looking for something maybe on the material side to help, and the engine Im running is prone to breaking them in just this scenario.

Thanks for the info guys you pointed me in the right direction.

Originally Posted by Aaron Keown

We have run them in the past on some engines and our experience was identical to that of Mr. Merricks,they were great if you were on an unlimited budget and did'nt mind checking the springs after every pass.This was also quite some time ago say 90-95,so it is quite possible that there have been significant improvements in titanium sice then.