Funny you mention that John K. As I got a response from them saying to the
effect that they don't make defective parts and that I too installed
improperly, I do use cam lube (my preference). Well they must be the only
perfect Company in the world as 99.99999% percent of all manufactures have
had some sort of problem in manufacturing at sometime or another, thats
where R&D comes in and impovement in your product, just wish they can be big
enough to admit it that they too have had problems. Shoot I can admit
leaving nuts and bolts loose!
Race Updates for Steve Smith:
I won DP at the California Speedway New vs. Old Challenge. A lot of Turbo
Porches' and hopped up Rice Burners were very upset a little Spit can take
them on a 3 mi. course and hit close 120 Mph Plus. Finished 11th out of 33!
See ya at Buttonwillow!
John Wilkins
"66 Triumph Spitfire"
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Kipping" <johnkipping@inet.net.nz>
To: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>; "TeriAnn Wakeman"
<twakeman@cruzers.com>
Cc: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: Lifter Hardness Confusion
> After seeing a variety of reprofiled cams fall apart within a few thousand
> miles I had them all subsequently rehardened (a few hundred). To the best
of
> my knowledge the cam lobes are chill cast iron, and the lower you go down
> the softer they get. As rehardened ones don't fail and cost about $3 why
> isn't it done? and no they don't bend as there are no stresses left in
them,
> even six cylinder ones. Kent Cams, a well know reprofiler in the UK
actually
> claimed that one of their reworked cams failed as that was the one we sent
> to them! and we obviously hadn't used cam lube - what a load of bollox.
I've
> never used cam lube and not had a single failure with a rehardened cam.
> John Kipping
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Young" <cartravel@pobox.com>
> To: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@cruzers.com>
> Cc: "FOT" <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Lifter Hardness Confusion
>
>
> > Greg Solow's post in January said he typically gets 52 to 55 for OEM
> > lifters. I just had a set tested that ranged from 48 to 53 (note: these
> > were measured on the 15-N scale and I'm converting to Rc).
> >
> > I have it straight from Steve Long, who's taken over for Erson, that his
> > reground cams are not rehardened. He said there is some residual
hardness
> > of about 35 Rc. So what hardness lifter is needed? I'm one confused
> Okie.
> > Larry Young
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