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Sep 15, 2009 | 03:33 PM

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a custom blower pulley say.. 3.3" for my car is 250+. a custom 3.25" pulley is 180, only because its been made before...

Who cares were talking cams tool

Sep 15, 2009 | 05:49 PM

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if you two bothered to read the thread myltwon commented on the price of his le cam. i was trying to give an example of why his was priced as so..

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Sep 15, 2009 | 06:19 PM

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my LE/Bullet cam rocks!!!!!!! thanx Lloyd and bullet!

Sep 15, 2009 | 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by I_Need_Land

if you two bothered to read the thread myltwon commented on the price of his le cam. i was trying to give an example of why his was priced as so..

Still dont see your comparison to cams and pullies as relevant. Custom or not.

Sep 15, 2009 | 07:25 PM

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Uhh they cost more because they're on a BILLET CORE.

Get a billet core from comp and you'll pay as much or more than Bullet/LE/AI

Sep 15, 2009 | 08:17 PM

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Still dont see your comparison to cams and pullies as relevant. Custom or not.

look, i got a 1 off custom cam made for 330 bucks. he stated he got a cam from le (uses bullet) for 300. when i said a custom pulley for my blower is 250+ and another custom pulley is 180 i was inferring that the cheaper pulley had been produced before and thus was cheaper than the 1 off pulley (at 250+) and that this was a possible explanation as to why the le cam was 300 vs my bullet cam for 330. make sense now?

Sep 15, 2009 | 09:03 PM

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Its ok calm down. I know what you meant just didnt think it really related to cams.
My cam is a custom LE/Bullet, billet cam for 300, Not just off the shelf. Im sure his is also.

Sep 16, 2009 | 12:35 AM

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whats the difference between a "billet core" and a normal grind? HP gain level, durability???

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Mar 9, 2010 | 01:26 PM

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Has anyone had trouble out of their bullet cam. I put one in my new 383 LT1 build and it chewed up the oil pump drive gear and I lost all oil pressure. This happened about 2 months ago and I just had a chance to tear into it to see what happened. Engine only had about 2K miles on it. There more I think about it I'm started to get pissed off that that they ground my cam on a core that had a steel drive gear and caused my brand new engine to fail.

Mar 9, 2010 | 01:54 PM

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No problems here, but are you sure the pump gear didnt fail first?

Mar 9, 2010 | 02:07 PM

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There seems to be quite a few Bullets flying around.

Mar 9, 2010 | 02:08 PM

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No problems here, but are you sure the pump gear didnt fail first?

Don't see why the gear would suddenly fail in such a short time. But it's all chewed up and when I put my finger down in the hole the gear on the cam itself feels undamaged. Which leads me to believe it's made out of harder material than the OEM oil pump drive. But now what about all the metal it sent through the rest of the engine. I shut it down as soon as I saw the light in the dash come on. And I wasn't running it hard when it happened.

Mar 9, 2010 | 11:14 PM

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i have an awsome bullet/le specd cam now in a to smaller of a motor

shhhhhh...it seems to run just as good if not better

Mar 9, 2010 | 11:25 PM

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to smaller lol to small

Mar 9, 2010 | 11:29 PM

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Oil pump gears have been known to fail and if it wasnted seated right thats your problem.

I would drain the oil asap pull the pan and take a magnent to the oil pick up screen and HOPE nothing got by it.

Mar 11, 2010 | 04:34 PM

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It was seated correctly. And I intend to pull the entire engine and disassembly and clean everything including the S-trim.

Mar 11, 2010 | 06:18 PM

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It was seated correctly. And I intend to pull the entire engine and disassembly and clean everything including the S-trim.

I have seen post about this a number of times and it is not just related to cam type or brand. Seems to be a crap shoot half the time putting that old thing back in there and praying there was nothing wrong with it.

Mar 11, 2010 | 07:07 PM

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It was seated correctly. And I intend to pull the entire engine and disassembly and clean everything including the S-trim.

Double check the plastic top of the dummy drive.

It is common for them to crack and bend, causing the drive to get pushed vertically and the gears to come out of sync.

Herron makes a trick billet piece to replace the plastic drive.

Mar 12, 2010 | 07:20 PM

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A billet cam requires a polymer or bronze distributor drive gear. The stock gear will self destruct.... like you mentioned.

Mar 12, 2010 | 07:25 PM

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A billet cam requires a polymer or bronze distributor drive gear. The stock gear will self destruct.... like you mentioned.

It is possible to have a billet cam with the right drive gear. The last few cams I have installed for myself or friends have been billet with the EverWear gear.

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