Who has had issues with afr heads??
05-31-2015 | 10:11 PM
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Wrong how? Mislabeled/packaged incorrectly, bad temper/heat treat, joe schmoe installed go kart spring in pro stock engine?
05-31-2015 | 10:12 PM
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one of my sets of heads came with the solid roller springs..... noticed one pair of heads had totally different springs then the other, we checked them and I had 290 seat and 720 open on port engines heads, forget the actual numbers for other engine but they were the 8002 springs I ordered....
05-31-2015 | 10:16 PM
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Was this on the head that failed?
05-31-2015 | 10:19 PM
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No, we know for sure the failure was stuck lifter, but still had other things to deal with like guides and now spring issue, like I said this has turned into a perfect storm of events, things most guys would not catch, I am not a rookie but also not stupid, I cant believe the springs are different.... I never noticed it...
05-31-2015 | 10:24 PM
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i am suprised those springs did not colapse the lifters instantly on startup.
05-31-2015 | 10:25 PM
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05-31-2015 | 10:28 PM
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tim,never buy a lottery ticket,they will call you and say you owe the winner his money.man you have bad luck.
05-31-2015 | 10:29 PM
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You can clearly see the difference in springs when you are looking for it...
I am in NO WAY trying to bash afr or any person, not at all....
I am posting because you guys gotta look closer I guess at bolt on ready heads because although everyone's telling me I am the issue and there are tons of afr and other brands with no issues out there, it can happen is all I am saying, sorry guys pics don't lie, gauges don't lie... I got the one and only set or sets if issues, could have been a bad day for me I don't know but clearly I am saying check heads before bolting on simple as that.... Lesson learned .... The hard way... That's normal for
Me.
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I am in NO WAY trying to bash afr or any person, not at all....
I am posting because you guys gotta look closer I guess at bolt on ready heads because although everyone's telling me I am the issue and there are tons of afr and other brands with no issues out there, it can happen is all I am saying, sorry guys pics don't lie, gauges don't lie... I got the one and only set or sets if issues, could have been a bad day for me I don't know but clearly I am saying check heads before bolting on simple as that.... Lesson learned .... The hard way... That's normal for
Me.
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05-31-2015 | 10:30 PM
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That's just scary..
05-31-2015 | 10:30 PM
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I may not of read that you pinned it to a lifter being stuck. I may be reading it wrong but the rookie and the stupid I am not calling just want to see why it failed and learn something.
