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<x-charset iso-8859-1>On Wednesday 10 October 2001 11:05, Jim Adney wrote: > On 9 Oct 2001, at 21:36, Daniel M. Hoopes wrote: > > but i think these really are heavier duty. at least i know that if he > > takes them out, he'll put some in that are stock and just by the "push > > on it with your thumb really hard" test, i know these are heavier duty > > than stock. > > The "thumb" test is really hard to do. Like compression and > octane, some numbers would help. > Valve springs length loaded = 31mm = 117.2-134.8 lbs This is from the Without Guesswork book. If you can push 117 lbs with your thumb, I don't want to thumb wrestle you......... :=] -- Russ Wolfe '71 Fastback AT '66 Fastback MT (IT RUNS) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe </x-charset>