I recently had my svo motor rebuilt. It was bored out a little, had some head work done and the came was made bigger. I don't know much but I trusted some one to help me. The problem is that I had a tapping sound so I took off the valve cover and found a rocker arm just laying there. I looked closer and seen that the lobe were the rocker arm cam off is flat and grooved, so the cam is bad. The guy that broke it in reved it up all the way to the red line amediatly and even blew off the intercooler at the throttle body. I need to know if it was broken in wrong or should I contact the machine shop. Thanks.

 

Car was broken in wrong, you go easy on the engine for the first couple 100 miles, then slowly turn the beating up.

Take it back, you should be running MINIMAL boost when breaking an engine in... if any boost at all.

 

I agree with Sleeper-inc. Should Have been broke in easy. It should not build boost or very little . This tell me the cam timing or ignition timing was wrong. I would go with stock cam, Ranger roller cam or Bopart cam. Here is how to check timing.
http://www.stinger-performance.com/tech.html
Camshaft breaking from Esslinger. No mention of red lining it. These people are the Gods of 2.3 for circle track and etc.
http://www.esslingeracing.com/tech/camshaft_breakin.pdf
Ask if valve lash was set? Here is procedure.
http://www.esslingeracing.com/tech/H...SETUP-TOOL.pdf
Good luck. Maurice