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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #15 on: March 06 2014, 01:14:01 PM »
I don't know...maybe because it is fun to blow punks off the road with old, obsolete, archaic cars?
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #16 on: March 06 2014, 01:21:38 PM »
I don't know...maybe because it is fun to blow punks off the road with old, obsolete, archaic cars?

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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #17 on: March 06 2014, 03:06:05 PM »
Don't feel bad.  I am sure you are not a virgin when it comes to losing
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #18 on: March 06 2014, 03:46:27 PM »
I run 135 pound valve springs on my engines. The lighter springs soften up easy at high RPM's and high boost levels. Been there...done that.
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #19 on: March 06 2014, 03:56:24 PM »
Don't feel bad.  I am sure you are not a virgin when it comes to losing


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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #20 on: March 06 2014, 10:03:45 PM »
I run 135 pound valve springs on my engines. The lighter springs soften up easy at high RPM's and high boost levels. Been there...done that.

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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #21 on: March 07 2014, 07:35:42 AM »
Don't feel bad.  I am sure you are not a virgin when it comes to losing

You have to lose a few to really appreciate the victories. 

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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #22 on: March 07 2014, 08:38:37 AM »
Does Vince Lomardi owna Buick?? Or is the that Newt Rockney??

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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #23 on: March 07 2014, 09:51:47 AM »
that's Rocky right after he knocked down Adrian because his beer was not cold enuf
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #24 on: March 09 2014, 10:19:44 AM »
Are those screws for holding the seal in place really needed or is that how it came?
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #25 on: March 09 2014, 04:14:55 PM »
It's a patch done by TA for an extra cost.   On the chinese covers they put the seal in from the front for some reason.  The screws are there because if the front seal blows out during WOT, you suddenly have 4 oily tires to contend with.
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Re: double roller plus tensioner plus bad luck
« Reply #26 on: March 12 2014, 10:01:27 AM »
buddy of mine made the same mistake, but fortuneatly for him the tensioner broke and just fell into the oil pan with no other damage
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