rockafellqeinstien Member 325 Member For: 16y 10m 21d Posted 01/10/12 11:51 PM Share Posted 01/10/12 11:51 PM Thinking of doing my own valve springs for my FG xr6 turbo. mainly because I like doing things myself and secondly it will save me some $$ and get my next round of upgrades sooner.has any one rented the atomic spring tool - was it pretty straight forward (looks like it from the video).looking for a bit of reassurance before I take the plunge Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicyellowute Member 92 Member For: 13y 1m 19d Posted 04/10/12 09:26 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 09:26 AM I watched my mechanic do it, took him a full day, it's advanced work! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 10m 17d Gender: Male Posted 04/10/12 09:41 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 09:41 AM A whole day! It took me and my tuner one day to remove and modify the turbo, fit new injectors and valve springs and scale the injectors so I could drive home lol if we didnt need to pull te front cover off due to a busted guide it wouldve taken 3 hours max I reckon just to do the springs Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,332 Member For: 19y 8m 21d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/10/12 10:31 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 10:31 AM ^whs 3 to 4hrs! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304790 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 17y 13d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 04/10/12 10:35 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 10:35 AM op its not hard just time consuming if your half equipped, a decent tool,compressor and basic tools and a big clean bench is all u neededward scissor hands could do it in 8hrs 2 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stee3 Member 194 Member For: 13y 11m 19d Posted 04/10/12 11:03 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 11:03 AM I did both my cars and then all my mates cars. My mates then started sending other mate my way so I sold the tools so I wouldn't have to do any more. Time consuming job take 4-6 hours to complete. Only thing to watch out for is to not drop a collet so have a good magnet handy and plug up the oil galleys with a rag too. Oh yeah don't forget to pull the rags out of the oil galleys when done too. I wouldn't recommend doing it unless you have done it before or seen someone else do it. Good luck man. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 6m 5d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 04/10/12 11:07 AM Share Posted 04/10/12 11:07 AM Got a mate that works in a performance shop, if he's on his game and everything is set up he will bang out 3 cars in a day. Mind you he has done looooooooots of falcons Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_mate Member 767 Member For: 19y 4m Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 04/10/12 12:10 PM Share Posted 04/10/12 12:10 PM A whole day! It took me and my tuner one day to remove and modify the turbo, fit new injectors and valve springs and scale the injectors so I could drive home lol if we didnt need to pull te front cover off due to a busted guide it wouldve taken 3 hours max I reckon just to do the springsRight clinton has a benchmark for mine now. Hopefully you don't do all his quotes slave driver hahahaha Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1304851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomicyellowute Member 92 Member For: 13y 1m 19d Posted 31/10/12 10:54 PM Share Posted 31/10/12 10:54 PM Hhahhaha 3-4 hours? My mechanic had my car for a month to put in valve springs and new guides! And even then he didn't put it back together right so now I get the warnings in the photo below Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1318452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MX Dave Donating Members 545 Member For: 14y 2m 8d Gender: Male Posted 31/10/12 11:05 PM Share Posted 31/10/12 11:05 PM (edited) ^ need new mechanic?3-4 hours with the correct tools ( spring tool, air line adapter, cam locks, electric rattle guns etc etc) and experience4-5 hours without the correct tools and a bit of experience5 hours + without correct tools and no valve train experience Edited 31/10/12 11:07 PM by MX Dave 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/82192-any-one-done-their-own-valve-springs/#findComment-1318454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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