Valve Springs

[showbusiness]

Whats the opinions on valve spring brands ,comp.,tool room,crane etc. for a 700 plus lift solid roller ,850 opening pressure at1.25 in. THANKS

[hammertime]

Erson is a good spring, less money the manley and same springs.

[b1valiant]

PAC makes the best, second IMO is Manley Nexteks.

[hammertime]

I should add to my last post, I just went through buying springs for my bb. Machine/Motor shop I got them through said that almost all springs are made at the same spot everyone just slaps a different name on them. Anyone know if there is any truth to this ?

[us7race]

I have had good luck with Kmotion. I would also say that Pac is the best.

[b1valiant]

PAC(Petersen American Corporation) is one of the largest spring manufacturers in the world, if not the biggest. They are OE manufacturers for most any company you can think of that use springs, from Catepillar to GM and Ford. They manufacture everything from ball point pen springs to springs used in trucking and shipping industry. Their racing arm is PAC, they do make springs for many aftermarket companies IMO they are the best spring out there. They also make custom springs for many of the top professional teams in racing. From NHRA to Nascar, F1, Rally and Sprint cars. One thing they are not is inexpensive. But then again what top shelf parts in racing are?

[TopspeedLowet]

I agree strongly with B1valiant, I have been using them on everything since I found them. Install them and you forget about them. I used to replace a few springs during the season using Manleys nex tec and every other so called high end spring. These are the springs that last forever, NO SHT.

[TheYellaBrick]

Disheartening......

Peterson American Opens New Plant

Jan 28, 2009 Queretaro, Mexico - Progress on our newest manufacturing facility continues in Queretaro Mexico, and we are pleased to share some of the news and photos that capture where we are in our transfer process. As we communicated previously, after 51 great years, we have outgrown our Mexico City site and are in the process of re-locating to a Greenfield site in Queretaro. The plant build is now complete and we are in the process of relocating machinery and other supporting equipment to its new home. We will be fully operational by March 1st. Our capabilities, once the transfer is complete, will expand to include torsion springs, compression springs, extension springs, valve springs, wire forms and assemblies of all kinds.Please click the link below to see more detail.
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[cepx111]

That drunk postal worker from Cheers and his show >(made in America)< did a skit on one of them AMERICAN spring manufacturing companies, I can't remember the name of the company, it might have been PAC but man that was some neat $hit seeing how they made all those different types of springs.
Cp

[cepx111]

Disheartening......

Peterson American Opens New Plant

Jan 28, 2009 Queretaro, Mexico - Progress on our newest manufacturing facility continues in Queretaro Mexico, and we are pleased to share some of the news and photos that capture where we are in our transfer process. As we communicated previously, after 51 great years, we have outgrown our Mexico City site and are in the process of re-locating to a Greenfield site in Queretaro. The plant build is now complete and we are in the process of relocating machinery and other supporting equipment to its new home. We will be fully operational by March 1st. Our capabilities, once the transfer is complete, will expand to include torsion springs, compression springs, extension springs, valve springs, wire forms and assemblies of all kinds.Please click the link below to see more detail.
[/url] Maybe they need to rename it to - Peterson MEXICAN corp?

[showbusiness]

Thanks for all input ,any info on where to buy any of brands listed and pricing would be helpful in making THAT decision.

[Tod74]

Thanks for all input ,any info on where to buy any of brands listed and pricing would be helpful in making THAT decision.

Competition products

[signsbyesa]

yea tod, competition has real good people, bought my lunati
roller springs there w/seals, good prices :wink:

[b1valiant]

Well do your research. Like most of this stuff only a select few companies actually make the products you buy. Most of the names I have seen suggested here DO NOT manufacture their product. PAC does. Oh yeah dont bury your head in the sand either. Any company making a spring if it is truly any good is buying their steel from Japan. Kobe steel, much like Kobe beef is arguably the best stuff in the world. Look around and ask the questions.

[zipper06]

PSI, for me 100%,
and by the way Holly just went into some kind of bankrupsy, and they offered lonati back to Joe Lonati, a lot cheaper than the millions that they paid him for it, joe said no thanks. So Comp Cams bought Lonati and is now running both companies and going wide open.

Zip.

[zipper06]

I was just informed that all of Isky springs are PSI, way to go Isky. I've bought a couple sets from a top NASCAR team, that are all PSI and i'm told that's all they use. The springs i bought have 400 laps on them and the spring pressure checked out as new at the installed height. Now i'm not suggesting that you buy used springs, but i've bought these springs at the most of $42.00 per set, will i run them, you bet i will, Devil beware, i'll be at the track with them. That's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Zip.

[Tod74]

I was just informed that all of Isky springs are PSI, way to go Isky. I've bought a couple sets from a Hendricks NASCAR team, that are all PSI and i'm told that's all they use. The springs i bought have 400 laps on them and the spring pressure checked out as new at the installed height. Now i'm not suggesting that you buy used springs, but i've bought these springs at the most of $42.00 per set, will i run them, you bet i will, Devil beware, i'll be at the track with them. That's my story and i'm sticking to it.

Zip.

Zip what's your opinion of pushrods that came from a cup team? EBAY is full of them and there are some good prices and almost any length you want.Are they gona be shot ya think?

[zipper06]

If i could find a set of Nascar pushrods to the length i need i'd buy them, but most of them are for SB2.2 heads and won't fit my application, so i'm stuck with Manton's at near 30.00 each.

Zip.