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dekan513 · 04-27-2013, 07:42 PM

i know a bunch in my area by a few diff installers are coming apart. just seems like the ones installed in the last few months . there have been 5-6 from comp that are bad shape. just keep that in mind if u think something is going wrong.

thahemp · 04-27-2013, 07:48 PM

Coming apart how?

Zyklon-SS · 04-27-2013, 07:56 PM

Nightmare2012 · 04-27-2013, 07:58 PM

Elaborate plz?

dekan513 · 04-27-2013, 08:04 PM

1/4 chunks on the lobes. one had like 1500 miles on it. he was putting it back stock to sell . and a big 3/8 chuck was gone. few others on on the ends were flaired up and couldnt even install past the bearings. this has been seen by diff installers in the last lil bit around here. i dont want to scare anyone just letting it be known. one caused a guy 5300 bucks in damages.

comp told one of the installers that the cam with the flaired up end . just take it to a machine shop and let them fix it. lol

needless to say he had a bunch boxed up and shipping back to them for them to inspect

Smirnoff · 04-27-2013, 08:18 PM

Bump for a high performance upgrade.

thahemp · 04-28-2013, 12:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dekan513

1/4 chunks on the lobes. one had like 1500 miles on it. he was putting it back stock to sell . and a big 3/8 chuck was gone. few others on on the ends were flaired up and couldnt even install past the bearings. this has been seen by diff installers in the last lil bit around here. i dont want to scare anyone just letting it be known. one caused a guy 5300 bucks in damages.

comp told one of the installers that the cam with the flaired up end . just take it to a machine shop and let them fix it. lol

needless to say he had a bunch boxed up and shipping back to them for them to inspect

Yep. We get weird days like this from our machine shop too. It's like the CNC needs to be rebooted. Thanks for the heads up. Everyone should always inspect everything they get anyways. Calipers aren't that expensive in the grand scheme of things...

Nightmare2012 · 04-28-2013, 12:46 AM

Thank god I got from shawn

chevybowtie · 04-28-2013, 02:30 AM

So which cam are we talking about?

IOM Black Diamond · 04-28-2013, 02:54 AM

I just put a comp cam in mine this last week, I hope I got a good one.

Nightmare2012 · 04-28-2013, 02:58 AM

I hope everything works out for everyone who has ordered from them.!

2SShowngo · 04-28-2013, 06:39 AM

CRAP.....not what i wanted to hear this morning. Ordered mine and the shop was out so theyre waiting on COMP to cut it. should be shipping wednesday...guess i better let the installer know about this.

dekan513 · 04-28-2013, 08:56 AM

dont get excited just yet, just kinda seeing if anyone else is seeing this problem. it could be just a quinkydink.
plus there are some still doing good that been installed . dont know if was just a fluke or what kinda why i was asking on here. i remember reading a tread not long ago on here a guy had a problem getting past the 3rd bearing and thats part of whats being seen around here. then some are just coming apart like i said.

SC2150 · 04-28-2013, 10:28 AM

Generally this is the result of the installer not porperly degreeing the cam, and more common not setting up the valvetrain geometry correctly. Pushrod length cannot be determined in advance. It can only be done after the heads are at final torque and them proper preload is measured for. Most ues whatever length the cam supplier guesses at and that is a crap shout, so what happens is the lifters get hammered to pieces and then hammer the lobes apart.

Not Comps defect at all, its the installers.

04-27-2013, 07:42 PM	#1
dekan513 chevy pride Drives: 2ss/rs Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pikeville ky Posts: 2,141 View My Garage	if u have installed a cam lately i know a bunch in my area by a few diff installers are coming apart. just seems like the ones installed in the last few months . there have been 5-6 from comp that are bad shape. just keep that in mind if u think something is going wrong. __________________ check out ky speeds fb page https://www.facebook.com/kyspeed

04-27-2013, 07:48 PM	#2
thahemp Geek Drives: 2012 Black LS3 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Derby, KS Posts: 4,343 View My Garage	Coming apart how? __________________ 01000111011011110110111101100100001000000110110001 11010101100011011010110010000001110111011010010111 01000110100000100000011101000110100001101001011100 110010000001101111011011100110010100100001 x = ac97968bd3df8f968c8cd3df998a9c94d3df9c8a918bd3df9c 909c94df8c8a9c949a8dd3df92908b979a8ddf998a9c949a8d d3df8b968b8cd1 x = ~x

04-27-2013, 08:04 PM	#5
dekan513 chevy pride Drives: 2ss/rs Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pikeville ky Posts: 2,141 View My Garage	1/4 chunks on the lobes. one had like 1500 miles on it. he was putting it back stock to sell . and a big 3/8 chuck was gone. few others on on the ends were flaired up and couldnt even install past the bearings. this has been seen by diff installers in the last lil bit around here. i dont want to scare anyone just letting it be known. one caused a guy 5300 bucks in damages. comp told one of the installers that the cam with the flaired up end . just take it to a machine shop and let them fix it. lol needless to say he had a bunch boxed up and shipping back to them for them to inspect __________________ check out ky speeds fb page https://www.facebook.com/kyspeed

04-27-2013, 08:18 PM	#6
Smirnoff Drives: Camaro SS Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Motorcity Dragway Posts: 978	Bump for a high performance upgrade. __________________ 11.90's w/headers, CAI, custom tune, slicks/skinnys, shifter & 100+ Ethyl.

04-28-2013, 02:54 AM	#10
IOM Black Diamond HT5 COTW 1/21/13 Drives: 2010 Camaro Inferno 2SS RS 6M Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Pleasant Hill, Or Posts: 2,486	I just put a comp cam in mine this last week, I hope I got a good one. __________________

04-27-2013, 07:56 PM	#3
Zyklon-SS Drives: 2010 2SS LS3 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Port Credit -ON Posts: 600

04-27-2013, 07:58 PM	#4
Nightmare2012 come find out;) Drives: stockish 2012 camaro ss Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: speed county Posts: 2,166 View My Garage	Elaborate plz?

04-28-2013, 12:46 AM	#8
Nightmare2012 come find out;) Drives: stockish 2012 camaro ss Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: speed county Posts: 2,166 View My Garage	Thank god I got from shawn

04-28-2013, 02:30 AM	#9
chevybowtie Drives: 2010 Camaro Join Date: May 2012 Location: Eagle River, AK Posts: 28	So which cam are we talking about?

04-28-2013, 02:58 AM	#11
Nightmare2012 come find out;) Drives: stockish 2012 camaro ss Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: speed county Posts: 2,166 View My Garage	I hope everything works out for everyone who has ordered from them.!

04-28-2013, 06:39 AM	#12
2SShowngo Drives: 2013 black ZL1#456 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: orlando,fl Posts: 1,238 View My Garage	CRAP.....not what i wanted to hear this morning. Ordered mine and the shop was out so theyre waiting on COMP to cut it. should be shipping wednesday...guess i better let the installer know about this.

04-28-2013, 08:56 AM	#13
dekan513 chevy pride Drives: 2ss/rs Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: pikeville ky Posts: 2,141 View My Garage	dont get excited just yet, just kinda seeing if anyone else is seeing this problem. it could be just a quinkydink. plus there are some still doing good that been installed . dont know if was just a fluke or what kinda why i was asking on here. i remember reading a tread not long ago on here a guy had a problem getting past the 3rd bearing and thats part of whats being seen around here. then some are just coming apart like i said. __________________ check out ky speeds fb page https://www.facebook.com/kyspeed

04-28-2013, 10:28 AM	#14
SC2150 Account Suspended Drives: 2012 Camaro RS, RX supercharged Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Bradenton, FL Posts: 6,063	Generally this is the result of the installer not porperly degreeing the cam, and more common not setting up the valvetrain geometry correctly. Pushrod length cannot be determined in advance. It can only be done after the heads are at final torque and them proper preload is measured for. Most ues whatever length the cam supplier guesses at and that is a crap shout, so what happens is the lifters get hammered to pieces and then hammer the lobes apart. Not Comps defect at all, its the installers.