Glad my Comp 280's work just fine. I put mine in about 6 months ago so maybe it was a different batch or something.

 

sheit! should i start worrying abt my comp 280s that were installed 2 months ago?

 

i have comp cams 272's no problems

 

Rofl

 

Maybe a bad batch lol.. Not that i would even consider these cams . HKS all the way

 

very true... sucks for the customer to be put on the spot like that. fortunately it is only a bolt that needs to be trimmed. thats a few minutes tops, and doesn't not change the structural integraty at all. in fact now it is lighter and has less valve train losses
agreed.

well, this is only shortening a bolt. if it takes you more then 5 minutes then your spending to much time on it.

 

I just did a rebuild on 4g63 that had HKS cams. The car originally has the cam angle sensor under the cam gear. He had a set of HKS cam gears but could only use one because there is no place on the gear to mount the sensor wheel. During the build I moved the sensor to other end of the cam , with the same style sensor evo uses (and later dsm cars). I go to mount the trigger wheel and there are no threads? Holy cow HKS sends cams out with no threads!!! Buyer beware. HKS cams dont even come threaded for the dsm cars. I had to tap threads on the car on a brand new motor.

I think this thread shouldn't be here. I would be kicking myself for not having the right size bolt in the shop for occasions like this. "Having to stop in the middle of a job just to run to the store for for measly 75 cent bolt" should be the title to this thread.

 

You may have missed the part about the other sets that did not fit the stock bolt NOR the bolt they provided either. Mr Troubleshooter, what do you do there?

 

You are missing the point Jerry.

#1 it is not the customer fault nor the installers that Compcams part does not fit correctly.

#2 it is not the customer's NOR the installer's responsibility to pick up the slack when the manufacturer did not properly manufacture the part the customer paid for, yet they claim is bolt-on.

#3 In three stores, no bolt was found that matched the thread pitch and bolt diameter and length perfectly.

#4 There is NO CONSISTANCY in Compcams manufacturing. One set will fit with stock bolt, one set will fit their smaller SUPPLIED bolt, next set does not fit STOCK BOLT NOR SUPPLIED BOLT, next set fits stock bolt, not supplied bolt, but threads are too shallow to fit bolt all the way, next set no supplied bolt included, stock bolt fits but not all the way.

The shop should be responsible about the handling of the situation, but they are in no way responsible for the position they were put in by Compcams.

 

This is why I cannot afford to put cheap parts on my car, especially valvetrain components.

 

go to wall of bins filled with bolts, select bolt that will work. if no bolt is available, go to one of the many fastener stores in the area and get one that does. if proper length cannot be found, buy one longer and cut it down.

if such bolt doesn't exist, drill out cam on mill or lathe and retap the hole to a thread i do have. if it had to get to this point most customers would say screw it and get different cams. fortunately i've never had to go past grinding the bolt shorter.

 

Whatever, HKS installs fine on the Evo's. Comp Cams have consistently screwed up their cams for the Evo. Don't buy comp cam's. Enough said.

 

Time / Money. However it sounds like a suitable attempt to fix a problem not created my anyone other than the cam manufacturer, putting a cam in a lathe and retapping a BRAND NEW cam is total bull****.

Compcams better put me on the payroll if they expect me to fix their mis-manufactured sticks.

 

Sounds like he had 2 intake cams, it does sound like bull****.

 

I have a set of comp 272's. No problems yet