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worried about my trickflow tw heads

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310stanger

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well first off i am new here but have read this board for awhile now. everyone seems like my kind of people in here. its amazing to see a board where very lil flaming goes on and sound tech advice occurs. which brings me to my dilemma. i put together my trickflow top end kit about a year ago with a buddy. put very lil miles on this car since the kit was added. i know all of you guys are very familiar with the kit. i have the street version specifically. at any rate, most of you are aware that the street version springs arent exactly the best and if you have a very aggressive foot like me, you can float them. i purchased the track heat upgrade spring kit because i figure hey, if i am putting on new springs might as well upgrade right? anyways i tear the necessary parts of ie the upper intake and valve covers, and spark plugs. this is where i think my worries are. apparently when me and my friend put this thing together, we prolly made an oversight on the antiseize when putting in the spark plugs. i took these out because i am gonna fill the cyl with air to change the spring in case u guys are are wondering. they all came out some much easier then others, but some of them had very trace amounts of aluminum on them? has anyone ever had this happen and end being really screwed? they have very lil miles on them, and have been in approx a year. do i need to start crying right now? god i promise to saturate them with antiseize when they go back in. may i add though that a few guys at my work actually said dont antiseize them so who knows. sorry for the long post but i am sure any of you guys that have expensive aluminum heads can relate. i jus dont want this to become a freakin project.
 
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ps. i am not complaining about trickflows product. it was my fault for not catching the tach quick enough and having it go to 6k and the fuel cut out a few times. the car really ripped. also, a bunch of the valves were way out of adjustment, how often do you guys with adj roller rockers have to adjust these things? i thought once they are set ur good? they had been making noise for a lil bit. thats gonna be really annoying if i have to get used to doing frequent valve adjustments. could this have anything to do with the weakened springs? thank you everyone and anyone that can help specifically the hci guys as they have the first hand experience.
 
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anyone?
 
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If the threads aren't stripped and the plugs go in OK without much resistance I wouldn't worry about it too much. Just put some anti-seize on them next time, like you said. As far as adjusting the rockers, there is really no need for re-adjustments. I put 35k + miles on mine without ever touching them. (solid lifters are another story). I do zero lash plus 1/2 a turn.
 

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I second Mike92. Put antiseize on those plugs and if it's a hydraulic cam, once the rockers are adjusted you don't have to worry about them. If they're making noise chances are they're too loose. You wiggle and rotate the pushrod until it just barely stops moving and then a 1/4-1/2 turn and you're golden.
 
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thanks for everyones help. sorry for the long posts. exactly the answers i need and hoping for. sorry it took me long to get back, i work all day in nj. ill let everyone know how it goes.
 
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