Just trying to get a general consensus of how many Ap1 owners actually do/done this, as well as an idea of the conditions our Ap1 retainers are on any given mileage.

So If you've changed out your retainers please state the approx mileage & conditions, including FI miles, in which you found your retainers to be in.

 

i ordered some for my build only got 8 and my mechanic told me mine where fine and i got the exact same thing i already had there was nothing diffrent so dnt know wsup with that..?

 

i replaced all of them on my car.. i actually caught 3 broken retainers before they dropped the valves..you can have someone install them on the car without removal of the head. i did over rev the car a few times, it had 82k on it when i inspected them..im sure they were cracked before then..it is by far a great investment and cheap

 

I need to for preventive reasons

 

I did the ol 3rd-2nd money shift a few miles back and replaced them all. Great investment. Over 10k with no problems (and plenty of abuse)

 

I haven't yet, engine has 95k, 15k boosted, I am about to put them in for peace of mind

 

I did all the intakes, at 85k on my 01 F20 I didnt have any cracked....

 

money shift here had about 5 cracked

 

If you guys are running the car hard I would recomend that you look into a valve spring and retainer combination. They can be changed on the car and it is not that hard to do. The money spent is cheap insurance.

 

not F/I, but i changed my for precautionary reasons (misshifted once).

Once I got everything change (intake and exhaust sides), my ap1 retainers looked good.

Better safe than sorry i guess.