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Offline drumstyx

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Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« on: June 24, 2016, 05:29:23 PM »
I'm hoping to order a set of these this weekend, but I remember reading a thread about some coating flaking off of them, particularly after a few hundred miles or after lapping them in.

Is this still a problem? How have people got on whe them after a few years of running them? If I take them to an engine shop, do I need to give them special instructions not to lap them, or are they just like other valves?
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Re: Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2016, 07:21:51 PM »
Quote from: drumstyx on June 24, 2016, 05:29:23 PM
I'm hoping to order a set of these this weekend, but I remember reading a thread about some coating flaking off of them, particularly after a few hundred miles or after lapping them in.

Is this still a problem? How have people got on whe them after a few years of running them? If I take them to an engine shop, do I need to give them special instructions not to lap them, or are they just like other valves?
I used hundreds with no problems. And there wasn't a problem to begin with.
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Re: Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2016, 04:51:34 AM »
Quote from: MRieck on June 24, 2016, 07:21:51 PM
I used hundreds with no problems. And there wasn't a problem to begin with.
Gospel right there.
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Re: Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2016, 09:45:35 AM »
Urban myth.
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Re: Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2016, 12:50:22 PM »
Mine have been perfect since day one.
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Re: Cyclex super flow valves -- still issues?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2016, 02:49:08 AM »
I put them in the cyl head of my F2 a few years ago along with new guides, I can't confirm or deny whether any coating has flaked off because I haven't had it apart since then to find out and the reason I haven't had it apart is because it still runs great so I haven't had a reason to take it apart in the first place.
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