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Old Apr 9, 2010 | 12:44 PM
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Question cam gears question please help

ok so i have my car in the shop gettin comp cams stage 2 installed the guy calls me yesterday and tells me the comp cam adjustable cam gears i got dont work, well he says the the cams already com degreed and that there is no adjusting needed, is this true? i thought they sell that for a reason which is to adjust it for more hp gains. does this guy know what hes doing? should i take it to another shop?
Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:00 PM
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That is total BS. The cams DO NOT come degreed. They can vary several degrees in fact, and often do.
Old Apr 9, 2010 | 03:36 PM
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Beyond that, there's no such thing a "cam gears" on our cars--they are sprockets...
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 10:10 AM
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My shop said the same thing w/ my hitechs since comp does the grinds.
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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I can remember the last set of Comp cams I tested that were actually within 2 degrees of where they were supposed to be, it was about 8 sets ago. All the rest had at least one cam off by 4 or more degrees.
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 06:39 PM
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Little O/T but dump the Comp Cam gears and go with Cloyes or Modularperformance cam gears
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by lizzyfan
Little O/T but dump the Comp Cam gears and go with Cloyes or Modularperformance cam gears
Cloyes eh? You've been talking to matt too much lol. I've got my set sittin next to me
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jvog
Cloyes eh? You've been talking to matt too much lol. I've got my set sittin next to me
Lol,
I was the first to have Matt install Cloyes
Old Apr 10, 2010 | 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by lizzyfan
Lol,
I was the first to have Matt install Cloyes
so you got him hooked, good job
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