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Originally Posted by KingLT1
You are posting out of frustration and I don't blame you for being upset
but Vengeance did nothing wrong. Your shop isn't worth a shit...plain and simple. Any reputable shop that is not familiar with a specific combination of parts should take the necessary precautions to make sure everything works. That includes, checking, PTV, degreeing the cam, and verifying install height on the Valve springs along with correct push rod length. Not all engines are exactly the same. Your shop simply doesn't want to pay for their mistake and they are trying to make the parts supplier look bad.
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100%. I worked in aftermarket performance before my engineering degree/OEM job. This is 90% always the case. Of course there is the 10% where, say, a bad part that fails. But 90% of the time it is install shops fault, AND 100% of the time its the install shops fault to hit their marks in the pre-check department before pushing the car out. Back in that time the "magic cam" was the TSP MS3 or MS4..we installed 100's of them, we double checked each and every 100 of them. Better safe than sorry. As Ron said, had they done their homework, there would have been a phone call happen with "we are seeing xx PTV and its making us nervous" or "the springs in your cam kit are a little close to coil bind for our liking" etc. If that phone call didnt take place, install shop is at fault.
This strikes a chord with me because that former employer I worked with was ruined (few years after I left) by a forum post from a disgruntled customer that blamed the wrong person. The aftermarket arena is tough and there are lots of bad apples but there are lots of good people that get ruined by the bad apple. Your install shop is the bad apple.