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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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disaster has struck :'(

today, unfortunatly i pulled a tim. the end of my intake camshaft broke off at about 120mph at the "test-n-tune" day at the track

me being an idiot tried crank it for a good min.
i doubt i did much to the bottom end, but if im going to fix the head, might as well do the whole thing.
can anyone say, 2.3L stroker motor?
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:49 PM
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2.3 stroker motor
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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pay professional to carefully disassemble the entire motor and document each step as you go. if it is a parts failure (faulty core) PM me as I have some very good news for you. It will cost you some out of pocket but worth it.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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and wth?!

"pull a tim?" MAN I have a part that is proven to be defective and it gets branded to my name? haha just wrong.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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lol i pulled a tims gscs

these where kelfords tho, and you can tell by the end of the camshaft that it was a pretty bad cast. PM me with info
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:13 PM
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both use same cam core. ill email you or have my guy email u details if u want in.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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ya. i dont wanna pay for my rebuild because someone got lazy making cams! im in.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:30 PM
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good thing i bought a daily driver last week!! evo tho its kind of a peice of crap! ask danny..
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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holy shnikeys! That's terrible!
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by goofygrin
holy shnikeys! That's terrible!
indeed. beware of cams!
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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comp cams dont break! true story look it up not 1 failure.
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:56 PM
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mental note, replace krapfords with comps
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:49 PM
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When I ordered my kelfords, I recieved them with one them having a lobe busted off! Kevin was able to get them to send me a new set, if they break that easy from shipping, I hope they don't come apart in my engine! You guys are getting me worried!!
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 09:59 PM
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well maybe if they do, we can all sue kelford and make the give all of use built motors!
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 10:07 PM
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ahh man i was fixing to order some kelfords >.<..aye your beater aint that bad. at least it can get up and go.! good luck josh
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