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Mike

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10th Jan, 2005 at 01:03:58pm

no, not the girl guides u bunch of pervs :cool:, valve guides.

i've seen Bronze, Cast Iron, Steel, Silicone Bronze and Manganese Bronze.

Whats the properties fo each of these and in what order (best to worst) would you place them?

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10th Jan, 2005 at 01:43:09pm

Depends on what valves you're running...

I personally have always used iron guides and stock valves, and never had a problem.

http://www.gr8website.com/calver/1/article...s_and_usage.htm
Will tell you all you need to know!

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Mike

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10th Jan, 2005 at 01:51:18pm

its a stg2 MED Turbo head, quoted as having steel guides, but according to calver they never made steel guides. :S

Edited by Mike on 10th Jan, 2005.



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10th Jan, 2005 at 02:45:53pm

enough said...

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Mike

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10th Jan, 2005 at 02:47:28pm

so i presume they are infact cast guides not steel, cant be bronze as i can see they are bright silver.

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10th Jan, 2005 at 03:47:24pm

they'll be cast... Steel wouldn't be very good at all - unless you had bronze valves?

On 17th Nov, 2014 Tom Fenton said:
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Ready to feel Ancient ??? This is 26 years old as of 2022 https://youtu.be/YQQokcoOzeY


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