2 Piece Valves Vs Stainless One Piece. Replace oem valves with stainless one piece valves as factory valves are 2 piece and are a ticking time bomb waiting to come apart when repeatedly run at high rpm. Stainless when the spring kits are taken into consideration.
Ls chevy stainless intake valve 2.165 x 4.9 x 0.3137 stem. Replace oem valves with stainless one piece valves as factory valves are 2 piece and are a ticking time bomb waiting to come apart when repeatedly run at high rpm. There are numerous quality stainless steels out there now compared to a few years ago the powdered process is amazing if they are heat treated right. Also stainless holds heat better than cold rolled. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.
New valves, springs, keepers, and retainers are a lot cheaper that finding a new block, and they give you the peace of mind that the heads or stems won't break off.
Oh, this was on my shop built stainless 9 gallon pot, 16ga, 48 circumfrence by 15 deep, because that's how big the cut off was, 20 years ago when i needed a big pot of beans. Since you already have the springs i would just get oem ti's. The intake valve is a one piece steel design (not stainless) and works without problems in that application due to the cooling effect of the intake charge. Always prefer to use cartridge style mixing valves over the old compression valves. Yella terra platinum 1.6.5 roller rockers; Cartridge style mixing valves are more reliable and also easier to fix.