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Old 03-24-2011, 12:12 PM
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What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

I read on here you can use v8 springs but which ones? Are there any advantages over the stock springs?
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-981-16/
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

sorry wrong link http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-980-12/
and http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-750-12/ for retianers
locks http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CCA-601-12/

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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

Thank you project89 I just checked out your website are you going to be making headers for N/A setups? I'm about to put a 3.1 in my car as a temporary and next year I'm going to be getting a 3.4 to put in.
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

i was going to build longtubes but ive decided not to anymore, instead im going to expand to v8 turbo headers
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

I was just browsing , looking at the links project posted , the retainers say 10° the locks say 7°
is that ok or are the meant to match , as I don't know which angle there talking about ?
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

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I was just browsing , looking at the links project posted , the retainers say 10° the locks say 7°
is that ok or are the meant to match , as I don't know which angle there talking about ?
The angles need to match.
Here are the 7 degree retainers: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/cca-742-16/overview/
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Re: What valve springs to use with the melling mtc-5 cam?

Thanks man, thought so, I did more reading too. Seems I can't read too much !
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