juiSSed1172

I was getting a weird tick/chirp from the motor. I posted a thread before, but I can't find it...

Anyways, I finally pulled the motor apart. I found this guy on the driver's side, front lifter bore: Cylinder 1?

The new lifters slide smoothly in all bores.. so I assume everything will be fine with the new lifters + cam + valvetrain.

juiSSed1172

Surprisingly, the cam looks AWESOME for it chewing a lifter. Is it repairable? If it is, is it worth selling, or should I just toss it? I already bought a new cam for myself...

Beaflag VonRathburg

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I was about to say is you're cam messed up, then up comes the last picture. I don't know if it's trashed or not, but if anything that lobe will be smaller if you decide to have it repaired. I'm no expert, but I'd say just get it a new cam.

juiSSed1172

I already bought a new cam, I was wondering if it would be worth selling. (and if so, how much would it be worth... $75... $100??)

Dr. Jeckel

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The cam is worthless. You can't add metal to it and if it's ground down, then it will not be correct.

Beaflag VonRathburg

iTrader: (176)

Make a nice lamp out of it or something.

JimMueller

iTrader: (9)

That's the exact same thing which happened to me two weeks ago. WTF is going on in Orlando? My lifter bore was fubared so I'm going to be down a bit longer

Whistler

iTrader: (46)

You really need to pull a bearing to see if the debris from that got through your oil pump. It's a pain, but there's a good chance of bearing damage with metal like that in your pan.

mr. Jones

Are you sure you don't have binding valve springs?
Are the springs rated for the lift?
Did you confirm the P to V clearance when you assembled?
I only ask so you don't kill a second cam/lifter or worse.

GuitsBoy

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Are those the new flat tappet roller lifters?

Cam is trash. +1 for making a lamp out of it. Count your blessings if nothing else got screwed up and no bearings got trashed.

jeejee

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can't really tell from the foto from the cam, but i have had race cams (lobes) reground that where damaged quite badly.
Although that engine didn't require different new components like pushrods that would add to the cost of the reground upto the point of it being more expensive then to just replace the cam