Mike kZ Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Well damn! My engine is coming out. Once I got my exhaust system on, I notice a strange ticking noise coming from the engine. That is why I drove my car to my engine builder, but (from and earlier post) my fuel pump died and I didn't make it. I towed the car home, replaced the pump, started the car and let it idle to warm up. Just as I got out of the car I hear a thump.....thump,thump......thump. , so I rush to turn it off. Towed it back to my engine builder because he wanted to hear it. Long story short, the #8 intake and exhaust lobes were no more , also #4 intake, and #3 exhaust!! Turns out Comp Cams had a problem with about 100 cams being to soft around the time my engine was built! Well you guessed it, I have one! So now my car is back home and I'm taking the engine out so my builder can totally clean and check it.Comp Cams is suppling everything and then some! My builder is keeping the extra stuff to pay for the laber. What a total drag!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsommer Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 Dude that totally SUX. Which Comp are/were you running? Was that the Hyd roller? I just got my mech roller from them (had to be drop shiped) and was wondering if you or anybody else out there has heard of any problems with those. Also thanks for posting the pics of the U-joint for the steering. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 no comp cam for me, no how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JAMIE T Posted December 17, 2001 Share Posted December 17, 2001 I had a similar problem with Lunati about 5 years ago. I got a bad batch of Big Block Chevy valve springs. They started breaking one at a time. I started replacing them with comparable Comp springs. Then when I had the money replaced the whole set-up with new Comps. Everything was fine after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted December 18, 2001 Share Posted December 18, 2001 Mike, that bites, sorry to hear your engine is needing more attention after being put together--tht bites. Hopefully this is it! Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike kZ Posted December 18, 2001 Author Share Posted December 18, 2001 David, My cam is a regular hyd. It was bought about 2 years ago, so your cam should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73BOTIZ Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 I was running a Comp Cams 292H. About 4 mos. ago on the way back from our first Bay Area Hybrid Z get together, I hear a ticking noise from the engine. As I get closer to my house it gets worse and then starts running like sh%*. To make a long story short,the cam had a flat lobe on #3 cyl. I now am using a Wolverine Blue Racer hydralic and everything is back to normal. Mike D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl327 Posted December 19, 2001 Share Posted December 19, 2001 no comp cam for me, no how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 interesting.... my 350 went through a similar scenario. i was using a comp cams xtreme energy cam, bought and installed about two years ago. i rarely drove the car until the past 5 months. after about 2 months of normal driving, i lost the intake and exhaust lobes on the number 5 cylinder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nullbound Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 btw, i think the Wolverine Blue Racer is made by comp cams... not that i have lost faith in comp cams. i'm still a fan and used comp cams products in my 377. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73BOTIZ Posted December 26, 2001 Share Posted December 26, 2001 Actually Wolverine is now a part of Crane Cams.There is a lot of useful info on there website. Mike D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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