1.7L valve springs, retainers, etc, T1?? Options

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Building up a 1.7 "on the cheap" from parts that I have sitting around - I want to use it as a speeduino test bed (vs. using one of my running cars and ultimately having that car "off-line" for a while). Apparently I no longer have any stock springs, keepers or retainers, and somehow I lost one exhaust valve too. Can I use T1 parts (excluding the valve) without modifying the spring seat? Source for the missing valve?

Anyone have any stock 1.7 valvetrain parts they are looking to unload?

Any help appreciated, thanks.

-Chris

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Thanks Mark, do you have an actual spring rate comparison? Not trying to be a PIA, really more curious than anything. I found a good thread on the topic here:

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=3783221

I'm wondering if the "HD" T1 springs are equivalent to the light t4 springs listed in the above post. Again, keeping in mind that this is a stock build.

Ray - thanks for the bump, was hoping to catch up with you at the AACG this past fall but didn't see you/your 914 there. We split kind of early, I managed to get food poisoning the previous night. Fun times while camping! Big news on the Jets front, should be interesting to see what happens this year . . .

-Chris