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If you rotate the piston 45deg clockwise it looks like Mickey Mouse.
LOL Ron you do have a sense of humor
If you rotate the piston 45deg clockwise it looks like Mickey Mouse.
I would be interested to see if the cam was installed on a 99 intake centerline. I have seen stock cams have piston to valve issues when not installed correctly. I guess what I am saying is any cam will do that if it is installed on the wrong intake centerline. I have given customers the tools to verify clearances, but I think something is being lost in translation. Would it help if I posted a video on how to degree a cam?That will make fly cutting them easy!
Bust out the dremel lol
I would be interested to see if the cam was installed on a 99 intake centerline. I have seen stock cams have piston to valve issues when not installed correctly. I guess what I am saying is any cam will do that if it is installed on the wrong intake centerline. I have given customers the tools to verify clearances, but I think something is being lost in translation. Would it help if I posted a video on how to degree a cam?
What do I need to do to make it easier for customers and diesel shops to install this easier. I have smaller duration cams that will fit much easier but they do give up a lot. If you want all of the power and spool that you can get there is a few extra steps that need to be taken. And in most instances, it is on a 99 intake centerline and it is a drop in cam, but I can't promise that the engine was perfect from the factory. Our cams follow TIGHT tolerances, in other words they are ground on the money, but as more used trucks are hopped up, people think that the head has never been off or the block has never been decked when there might have been head surfacing and a decked block and an engine rebuilt out of a pile of parts with cam gears varying a good bit. Just because they did not ever mess with the engine doesn't mean that it has never been machined at some point. That combined with the fact that many people don't know how to use measuring equipment and my cam is at fault. From now on if I see pictures of piston to valve contact, It would be helpful if you also listed piston protrusion, valve face depth, head gasket thickness and intake centerline. If all the numbers fall in line, then you can cuss me, if not then the installer is at fault. If anybody ever has any questions about installation, call, email, text, PM me. I want to do everything I can to make sure this does not happen. So what do you need? A video?
What do I need to do to make it easier for customers and diesel shops to install this easier?
Unfortunately, Zach, the performance world of sports cars doesn't get the bulk of the stupid redneck population....the diesel performance world does. Even if you do everything in your power....some John Doe is gonna throw a huge cam in his truck in a lean-to shed during an rain storm in Oklahoma in-between shine batches and then blast you online because it didn't work.
Boils down to "have a reputable shop do your internal work" unless you take the time to learn how to do it correctly.
Fixed it for you!
Start doing camshaft install classes all over the country, just like efi live.
I completely agree with Jory!!!
Anybody have an Idea where I could do one the week of Sema in Vegas, Florida the week of PRI, Midwest the week before thanksgiving and Wyoming in January? Maybe I can get I will also start working on a video section on my website.
Midwest the week before thanksgiving.