Thread: Are these valve spring retainers okay to use for 1.9 rockers?

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The one on the left are the ones I'm asking about. The one on the right is the stock retainer.

(The ones on the left.) I've had them in the engine for a couple of years, just curious. On the ZZP website, theirs look a little more low profile/ shorter. They talk about "more clearance" for the valve seals. The ones I have in won't hit the top of the valve seals or anything, will they? On 3800 Performance.com, theirs look very similar to the ones I have in but they're black in color.

I had an engine swap done a few years ago & I forgot to bring a valve spring compressor when I went down to grab as much as I could off the scrapped engine. I got the rockers, though, Lol. Original set of retainers were from 3800 Performance.com. 2nd set were from Alex's Parts off eBay. The package said: "OEM Beehive Retainers. LS1/3 L92 SPRING RETAINERS LS."

I contacted ZZP way back then, they said any type of LS retainers should work fine.