I was doing some research and found out the the titanium retainers that u get with most valve train upgrade dont last a long time and should be inspected periodically. They cant take high mileage. I called skunk2 racing and the tech guy said, they should be check and replace about 30,000 to 40,000 miles. That sucks. Has anybody experiance this problem, or have been runing titanium retainer setup for a long time.
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if there is truth to that, why even be worried. if you are worrying about spending 200 bux tops on a set of ti retainers every 30k miles, you shouldnt do the mod upgrade then. i mean even still if you are building an n/a street, or boost street, i think you will have other issues to worry about in the 30k miles of use of the 200 dollar retainers.
im not sure if there is any truth behind it, but if you called S2 and talked directly to tech, i would think they are a knowledgable firm, and prob know what they are talking about.
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ITs more to it then just $200 every 30,000 miles. I seen online that they can break earlier then that, and u must check on them on the regular. That means u have to keep taking off the cam, timing belt all the things u have to do to get to the retainers take them off and look under them to make sure that is no wear. An u know how it is when shit mess up at the wrong time. LOLComment
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Yep, most people's motors don't last long enough to see it happen. Other things could make this more true however, stiffer valve springs, larger and longer cam lobes, rpms.
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make sure those valve keepers dont fall through :oComment
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