well in the future im looking to get a pair of HKS or GSC camshafts, and theres really noone where im located that im sure can handle installing camshafts and tuning it, so im willing to drive down there.
i was wondering if you guys do custom tunes and install camshafts? if so, for how much? thanks

 

yes we can do it all here. just give me a call 1.866.44.vivid ext 226 and i can discuss it more in depth with you.

jacky

 

Make sure you have them bleed your lifters if they do your cams. They didn't bleed mine and it cost me over $300 to fix it.

 

Pat's been wrenching on Mitsu's for a long time, you'll be well taken care of at Vivid.

 

Sorry, but that is so much nonsense (no offense intended). The cams settle in just fine when installed according to the Evomoto install. Besides those are lashes not lifters. Spinning the re-assembled engine with a ratchet on the crank and plugs out the prescribed amount of revolutions to check timing (even throwing in a few more for good luck) takes any tolerances that have shifted out of the picture,

Can't speak for 280's and above, but I have installed and uninstalled my 272 and 264's several times over the last 20+ K miles with no issues. Car has 38K on it.

I Checked with a local pro that had a good chuckle as he explained it to me when I did my first install cause I had heard the same thing.

Bleeding lifters was/is? done on the big US engines when travel and tolerances were both much greater than out JDM powerplants.

You might as well burn incense and chant a mantra while the install is going on.

(don't get mad, just haven some fun with it and trying to dispel a myth)

 

Well since my cam install I had talked to several other mechanics who work on DSMs and the general consensus seemed to be that you do not need to bleed lifters when installing cams.

It was quite unfortunate what happened to my car. Regrettably at the time we were tuning my car months after the cam install and my lifters were ticking away, I was not able to dispel my situation to Vivid or Pat in order for them to resolve it. At the suggestion of the tuner working on my car, I went ahead and had the lifters replaced on my dime without going back to Vivid first.

Pat is a genuinely good guy and has done other work on my car that was done flawlessly. I do not hold him responsible at all for what happened. The matter has since been resolved, and I am still a customer of Vivid.