jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 24d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbjet Skid Machine Donating Members 1,640 Member For: 14y 26d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 24d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 6m 11d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidald Me Donating Members 360 Member For: 18y 2m 22d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226366 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasons xr6 t Member 72 Member For: 13y 2m 24d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunjennifer21 Member 95 Member For: 13y 11m 17d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 6m 11d 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunjennifer21 Member 95 Member For: 13y 11m 17d Posted 24/04/12 11:34 AM Share Posted 24/04/12 11:34 AM Where do I get them from ? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookeyMaster Donating Members 1,531 Member For: 14y 6m 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 https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/79846-valve-springs/#findComment-1226872 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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