HEy guys I have a new motor going into the camaro. I was wondering if I should stay with the stock spider/girlde thing? Will this have any effect on my valvtrain? Should I just spend the money on a new one thats strong?

My sig says all the stuff I have. I am guessing in the upper 500hp mark with nitrous

 

It depends on the valve lift. i have heard off people getting around .550 to .560. I know with a rev kit, I have a xr282 that is at .510/.520 and it has held together. I think any higher it would be safer to spend the extra money for a better setup.

 

I was looking at this to take care of my worries. I have a complete fresh and top dollar valvtrain. I do not want to mess it up with something like old parts.

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku

 

Unless its bent the one you have is fine. the one you linked to in summit is exactly the same as what you have except new. I was running a .570 lift cam with the factory setup with no problems. Now I'm runnig .590 lift on the factory spider and retainer with no problems.