vikesfan 
I have acquired a set of beehive springs that have a blue stripe on them that look very similar to the yellow springs. I am curious if they are the same spring or which one I should use. I have a set of the blue stripe and a set of the full yellow painted springs
I am putting on my gen 5 top swap top, 2007 n/a block, stock cam, stock everything. However in the near future I will be planning on upgrading the rockers I believe to either 1.8 or 1.9, so I would like to upgrade the springs while I've got the heads off because the rockers are easy to do with the engine together.
I would also like to know if it is ok to run the stock retainers and clips. I have read in many places that it's OK and it's not okay, but many of the threads that I found were from the early to mid 2000 and some of them were newer like 2013 or so. I could not find a definitive answer one way or the other for the stock retainers and stock clips.
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