Mike's sooo cheeryI really can’t believe that there is a “custom” grind for any windsor out there. Just how many different combinations remain in the sea of sameness anyway?
Anybody who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
point:
Cam dude: Tell me about your combo..
Ford dude: I have a N/A pushrod 5.0 in a 3200 pound car, driven on the street, with an XYZ top end kit, 5 speed trans, and 3.55 gears….
Cam dude: yeah, you and 35 bagillion others…I have just the ticket.
The need for a custom cam with what should be on the shelf is minimal.I really can’t believe that there is a “custom” grind for any windsor out there. Just how many different combinations remain in the sea of sameness anyway?
Anybody who thinks otherwise is kidding themselves.
point:
Cam dude: Tell me about your combo..
Ford dude: I have a N/A pushrod 5.0 in a 3200 pound car, driven on the street, with an XYZ top end kit, 5 speed trans, and 3.55 gears….
Cam dude: yeah, you and 35 bagillion others…I have just the ticket.
Did someone have a bad experience? I've never heard of a pot metal camshaft.Good luck finding a quality camshaft now days
New cam might last only a dew thousand miles
Find a new old stock Lunati or Crane or something old
Not new cam made of pot metal
I don't see any discussion on cams here, no offence but give us a better example.
Also you can check out google the problem Mercedes had when they outsourced (to China) Balance shaft productionI don't see any discussion on cams here, no offence but give us a better example.
Until my friend recently retired I know of more than a dozen cams and lifters that were replaced at his shop just in the last year, even several flat tappet cams. No problems.
I could not find any info on pot metal cam shafts for cars or trucks, I did find a pot metal cam but it was not a ICE cam shaft. It seemed to be a part for a tractor fuel injector pump.
I just heard the same thing from a friend. He bought a new Siliverado "Redline" or wtf ever. It was a basic Silverado, and then they started mailing him the badges and decals as they came in. He had a lifter failure at under 5000 miles. From what I am trying to understand, the supply line was so messed up, that GM went to the company that makes the rear view mirrors, and asked if they could make the lifters and pushrods as well. It wasn't a displacement on demand problem, because due to the chip shortage, his truck didn't even come with the module that conrols the DOD. GM is going to service bulletin the truck when that computer is available.The Chevrolet Dealership I work at is swamped with new Silverado's, Yukons and Suburbans with bad lifters and bent pushrods. The joke is when performing a PDI on a new vehicle it will be back for new lifters and pushrods before the first oil change is due.
But that is all due to GM's crappy cylinder deactivation system on the lifters than any problem with lifter or pushrod quality. There are probably 6-8 engines repaired per week at this dealership just for that issue. We could do more, but parts availability from GM limits us on the number of repairs made in any one week.
And this is in a town of 25-30K people. I can not imagine what the stats are in a larger population area.
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