jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 12y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 23/04/12 06:33 AM Share Posted 23/04/12 06:33 AM Gday.Quick question if my valve springs are weakwill that cause the car to surge under harder accelerationThanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 13y 5m 30d Gender: Male Posted 23/04/12 06:38 AM Share Posted 23/04/12 06:38 AM I'm pretty sure that's one of the signs of soft valve springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 12y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 23/04/12 08:23 AM Author Share Posted 23/04/12 08:23 AM Ok cheers ,thanks for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 15y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 23/04/12 08:31 AM Share Posted 23/04/12 08:31 AM it will turn to sh*t high in the rev range then after taking foot off the throttle the car will run like a dog and revs will jump about and eventually it will settle out after a few seconds... well that's what I was told if springs start to get soft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 17y 7m 26d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 23/04/12 08:42 AM Share Posted 23/04/12 08:42 AM Yes the revs drop to quick. If you give it a caning and pull up at the lights and the revs die in the arse its usually valve springs. Hard to get a decent tune with softies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 12y 7m 28d Gender: Male Location: sydney Posted 24/04/12 09:36 AM Author Share Posted 24/04/12 09:36 AM Just got the car back after the new springs were done and all the surging has gone ,well so far anyway.Thanks for the replies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunjennifer21 Member 95 Member For: 13y 4m 21d Posted 24/04/12 10:03 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 10:03 AM whats a good set of springs to use ? im igoing to get some and do it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 15y 11m 15d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 24/04/12 10:17 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 10:17 AM atomic are the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunjennifer21 Member 95 Member For: 13y 4m 21d Posted 24/04/12 11:34 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 11:34 AM Where do I get them from ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 13y 11m 4d Gender: Male Location: Parramatta, NSW Posted 24/04/12 11:37 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 11:37 AM Maybe from Atomic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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