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Cam Wiped Lobes Now What?

Deglaze cylinders with a ball hone (NOT a rigid 3 fingers of death glazebreaker). I use Joe Gibbs Driven assembly grease for the cam and lifters, and us their BR oil for break-in of the cam. After break-in, continue to use a high zinc oil such as Joe Gibbs Driven HR1 oil.
Could you send me a pic of the ball hone and manufacture please
 
The Beehive valve spring, by design, has a variable spring rate.
It was this advancement in springs that allowed for fast ramps.
There is next to no presure to initally open the valve and the spring only gets to 295# at max lift.
I think your valve springs took out your cam.
Did you tell Lunati you were using those springs? If not...DON'T
I already got money back!! What spring is recommended with those 911 single with damper or the beehive
 
I already got money back!! What spring is recommended with those 911 single with damper or the beehive
I went on their site and there is no info on, recommended valve springs, for that cam.
What did they suggest, on the cam card?
 
I would find out what caused the cylinder scraping with only 100 miles on it.? I see a lot of carbon buildup on the cylinder ridges at the top and on a few pistons for such low mileage. Why a cam change at 100 miles anyway ? Just trying something new or is there a little more to this story ?
 
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I would find out what cause the cylinder scraping with only 100 miles on it.? I see a lot of carbon buildup on the cylinder ridges at the top and a few pistons for such low mileage. Why a cam change at 100 miles anyway ? Just trying something new or is there a little more to this story ?
Originally the motor had a solid lifter cam 590 had about 40 passes at drag strip
Then I put motor in street car with 509 grind put about 30 miles on that wanted something with better street manners but good power so went with Lunati cam and put about 20 miles on that then heard noise
 
I would find out what cause the cylinder scraping with only 100 miles on it.? I see a lot of carbon buildup on the cylinder ridges at the top and a few pistons for such low mileage. Why a cam change at 100 miles anyway ? Just trying something new or is there a little more to this story ?
Few Pistons?
 
carbon buildup at the top of the cylinder ridges And a few of the pistons. Sorry... Easier to understand ?
 
Still trying to figure out what got into the combustion chamber. What ever it had to come by intake or past valve guides.
 
I agree I have had no problems with Jim’s cams Racer Brown. I just don’t know if he uses the newer fast ramps everyone is going with or not??? I will say that the Lunati cam impressed me a lot!! I don’t know if that is because of the newer ramps or not
I know of a guy that snapped a Racer Brown!
I wiped 2 Comp Cams and a MP 292/508. All were properly broken in BUT this was before 2008 when the info on Zinc/ZDDP was still not commonly known.
I ran a Lunati 316/326 solid for awhile...A real power producer but a bit choppy for me at the time. I may slip it back in though. The car sure was fast!
 
I was thinking metal from the cam into the oil getting mashed between skirts
Check the oil pump rotor. You will surely find metal imbedded in there.
The shavings from the cam and lifters does NOT entirely collect in the oil filter. The oil drains to the pan, the oil pump sucks the oil through the pickup tube and THEN is passes through the filter.
 
Check the oil pump rotor. You will surely find metal imbedded in there.
The shavings from the cam and lifters does NOT entirely collect in the oil filter. The oil drains to the pan, the oil pump sucks the oil through the pickup tube and THEN is passes through the filter.
The pump is a high volume I have a Milidon 6 qt pan. I was going to go back to standard but will clean pump for sure and check
 
Check the oil pump rotor. You will surely find metal imbedded in there.
The shavings from the cam and lifters does NOT entirely collect in the oil filter. The oil drains to the pan, the oil pump sucks the oil through the pickup tube and THEN is passes through the filter.
What is your opinion on scratches in cylinders?
 
What is your opinion on scratches in cylinders?
If your asking how the scratches got there...metal off cam lobes will go anywhere, and everywhere, oil goes in the engine. Note, you want to look at cam, and crank bearings, too. Probably trashed.
 
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