View Poll Results: Did you sping a bearing after cam install??

Yes, it sucked and am now dreaming about 383's

24.62%

No, in fact, I fired it up while heading to the track...

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Did you spin a bearing or not after cam install??

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Nov 11, 2006 | 04:58 PM

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Not yet anyhow LOL

Nov 11, 2006 | 05:55 PM

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97SS0594

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yep, put in the GM847, all supporting mods, never spun it past 6000 150 miles and spun a bearing.

Nov 11, 2006 | 06:06 PM

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Bersaglieri

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No guts no glory. Cam that bitch.

-Dustin-

Nov 11, 2006 | 06:37 PM

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Cmr0z28

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no spinnage here w/104k

Nov 12, 2006 | 03:18 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bersaglieri

No guts no glory. Cam that bitch.

-Dustin-

I guess it's time to put the purse down, hike up the skire, bite my lower lip and give it hell

Nov 12, 2006 | 05:14 PM

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aarontracy

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i spun a bearing after 500 miles of having my a cc503 installed by someone else, i just rebuilt my engine myself and have about 600 miles on it with no problems.

Nov 12, 2006 | 05:24 PM

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Bersaglieri

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Quote:

Originally Posted by johnny3986

I guess it's time to put the purse down, hike up the skire, bite my lower lip and give it hell

Exactly.

-Dustin-

Nov 12, 2006 | 05:34 PM

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wrd1972

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I am confident I would have spun bearings if I cammed mine, all cam bearings and two rods were shot. Motor is being rebuilt now.

Nov 12, 2006 | 07:32 PM

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johnny3986

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Making me kind of wary with the 80%. Keep 'em coming

Nov 13, 2006 | 09:52 AM

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BUBBA

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spun with less than 7000 on car/engine and about couple of hundred after cam install. Never reved past 6 grand. Installed by shop---no explanation or blame accepted. Had to buy a new short block (at least that's what the shop said).

Nov 13, 2006 | 10:12 PM

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Not yet anyhow LOL

Too bad I'm in Rolla for school. My family lives in Raymore as well. I'd love to go to KCIR sometime.

Nov 14, 2006 | 04:18 PM

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ttt

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:45 PM

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For those of you guys who DID spin, did you noticeably have any cam bearing damage? nick one? Not use enough assembly lube?

Nov 20, 2006 | 09:19 AM

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Z-RATED94

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No assembly lube needed for a cam install.

Nov 20, 2006 | 10:57 AM

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T/A-Bob

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Please excuse my ignorance here...

Are we talking about cam bearings, bearings in the rotating assembly, or both? It's not clear to me from this post, nor from the earlier post that Shoebox referenced... ??