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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 01:54 PM
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People have been getting bad results on comp cams that their material has changed and there blowing motors up, has anyone heard of this?
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 02:22 PM
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 03:54 PM
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Lmao! ^^^
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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lol....all myths
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 04:33 PM
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Comp cams has been making cams since the beginning, so if there cams aren't any good then I don't know whose are...
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 06:33 PM
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That's just what i heard so i wanted to know if it's true?????
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Old Sep 30, 2013 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Alberto v05
People have been getting bad results on comp cams that their material has changed and there blowing motors up, has anyone heard of this?
Most cam/lifter failures are due to using the new car formula 5W30 engine oil, instead of a 10W30 or 15W50 performance engine oil.

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Early on they had some issues with the core's they were using for their standard over the counter grinds but they have since switched.
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