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My Black Supercharged VE SSV Ute

Potta9

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Broken valve guide!!! She valve must be getting alot of side load to do that especially the way you drive it. Seems very odd.did any pieces get into the motor or have they stayed put?
 

Dazzak75

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**** mate that is no good, the valve must have been broken for a while, and putting force on the glide.

Here are some cheap LS 3 heads.

chev ls3 heads | eBay
 

WogBoyz

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Broken valve guide!!! She valve must be getting alot of side load to do that especially the way you drive it. Seems very odd.did any pieces get into the motor or have they stayed put?

Hey mate yeah u shud see the spring snapped clean in half nothing went into motor and piston is fine, and i dont even drive the thing hard!

Some good has come outa of it looks like im getting complete good heads from oztrack with all the goodies in them (roller rockers ect) will also be getting some tie bar lifters changed at same time, so nothing like getting the problem fixed with a power increase too! gunna be insane when i eventually get a blower on it lol

Thanks Dazza but ive alryd orgnised it with Steve lol
 

WogBoyz

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Heres some photos of the destroyed spring, it stood no chance!

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sh*t no good mate! lucky no further damaged happend.. what springs where they?
 

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A good thing there was no other damage mate, new heads sound good.

Keep us posted on how things pan out.

Cheers.
 

WogBoyz

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Heads have been now ordered should be 2 - 3 weeks til they get here, will post pics of them once they arrive

This thing is gunna be crazy to drive when i get the blower on it with my cam and now heads
 
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