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Old 01-10-2008, 08:44 PM
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i have the black ass, but tom says that's a good thing. i'm interested in the last post about the afm. if two quarts were forgotten when the valve covers were off, along with several other things i thought were taken care of, who knows what else was "forgotten" under there.
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my car loses like 1.5-2 qts per tank and i know why:
it leaks visciously (not viscously hardy har), everywhere i go i leave a nice oil spot, and my valve guides are wearing out, so my pearlie has a terrible case of blue smoke and black-ass (as my mechanic puts it). considering you just had tom do your cams, there must e coveralvbe a leak.... if you dont have the dreaded "black ass" then it must be a leak? just my side of the looking glass
he u figure it out

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What else are you looking for?? The car runs good minus a bad idle from the cams and some smoke on start-up... You are not burning oil that quickly and obviously you are not leaking it. Seriously, if you burned that much oil in 400 miles, the car would not even run the plugs would be so fouled. Also, have you taken my advice and checked the oil since the re-fill?? Otherwise the issue has been resolved has it not?

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Old 01-12-2008, 01:58 PM
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you know these cams arent going to pass inspection like you said they would among other things, see pm
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Old 01-12-2008, 04:31 PM
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You should pass inspection with the way your car is set up now. I passed with my car.
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Old 01-12-2008, 09:17 PM
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you know these cams arent going to pass inspection like you said they would among other things, see pm
I replied to your PM, and Bobby is right, I do believe it will pass inspection as emissions are a mere standing rev rather than a roller test at 20mph. besides that if it doesn't pass it will be due to outstanding issues with other aspects of the car.

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Old 01-12-2008, 10:16 PM
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" if you have issues with the cams, take that up with Longassname, not me."TomsSvx. (someone who really stands behind their work, especially after I said I didn't want to do business with Longassname after talking to him, and I still havent gotten the stock cams back even though I donated a transmission and wheels)
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I replied to your PM, and Bobby is right, I do believe it will pass inspection as emissions are a mere standing rev rather than a roller test at 20mph. besides that if it doesn't pass it will be due to if you have issues with the cams, take that up with Longassname, not me. outstanding issues with other aspects of the car.

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Old 01-12-2008, 10:19 PM
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Are you having issues w/ YT's work or LAN's parts?
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Old 01-12-2008, 10:28 PM
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" if you have issues with the cams, take that up with Longassname, not me."TomsSvx. (someone who really stands behind their work, especially after I said I didn't want to do business with Longassname after talking to him, and I still havent gotten the stock cams back even though I donated a transmission and wheels)
You cannot get stock cams back unless you get them from Longassname. i sent MY cams in to get cut and I kept yours as their cores. IF you have issues with the cams and NOT their installation, you can take that up with him. If you would like to take the car to a dealer to check the installation, please do. AND if they are indeed installed improperly, which I know for a fact they are not (hence removing the valve covers to double check). If they are installed improperly I will pay your bill for having them re-installed to stock specs. If they are not installed improperly your beef if not with me but who you bought them from. SO before you point fingers, remember these were your decisions and remember where these parts came from. Thus far there is no fault on my part except the fact that I never checked your oil again after the covers were off and your car sat for a month waiting for you to come get it after you called me off from doing any more work on it due to holiday finances. I am a nice and generous guy, but I do not work for free. I would like to clear this up before there is any more situations like there have been in the past. I have done my best to field your numerous phone calls and questions to the best of my abilities. I am very sorry you are not satisfied with your decisions but I feel that very innapropriate to blame them on me.

To stick with the topic of this thread, there is nothing I could have possibly done to your engine to make it smoke like you are saying it is. This was obviously an issue that the car has had before.

If you feel there is more work to be done, like I had told you, feel free to bring the car back down and I will get it done, but please do not tell me to hold out on it and then complain what you asked for was not finished

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Old 01-12-2008, 10:32 PM
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the real problem is that tom is in philly and i'm in boston and this was a one shot deal. tom and I are having problems with the cams from longassname, but i told tom i didnt want to risk the money and he assured me there would be no problems, not to mention all the other half assed work. i drove 5 hours down 2 quarts and no washer fluid after i had a wiper installed and then when the washer fluid is added the sprayer doesnt work. the wire covers were left off and there was a loose ground that caused a fuse to blow when i turned the wipers on high in a rain storm, not fun. i still have to mail tools back left in the trunk and do compression tests that i was told twice would be done and wasn't. a compression test that should've been done before the cams went in. i'm not seeing the teutonic efficiency i expected. my family has a saying, scratch an englishman and find a pirate. i think giving tom 3 months to do the work and paying everything he asked and even reminding him of things he didn't charge for made sure i didn't scartch him.
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Old 01-12-2008, 10:37 PM
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my hold was on any new work and i paid you in full the moment you gave me a total, that i asked for a million times and i even had to remind you to charge me more when you "forgot" everything.
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You cannot get stock cams back unless you get them from Longassname. i sent MY cams in to get cut and I kept yours as their cores. IF you have issues with the cams and NOT their installation, you can take that up with him. If you would like to take the car to a dealer to check the installation, please do. AND if they are indeed installed improperly, which I know for a fact they are not (hence removing the valve covers to double check). If they are installed improperly I will pay your bill for having them re-installed to stock specs. If they are not installed improperly your beef if not with me but who you bought them from. SO before you point fingers, remember these were your decisions and remember where these parts came from. Thus far there is no fault on my part except the fact that I never checked your oil again after the covers were off and your car sat for a month waiting for you to come get it after you called me off from doing any more work on it due to holiday finances. I am a nice and generous guy, but I do not work for free. I would like to clear this up before there is any more situations like there have been in the past. I have done my best to field your numerous phone calls and questions to the best of my abilities. I am very sorry you are not satisfied with your decisions but I feel that very innapropriate to blame them on me.

To stick with the topic of this thread, there is nothing I could have possibly done to your engine to make it smoke like you are saying it is. This was obviously an issue that the car has had before.

If you feel there is more work to be done, like I had told you, feel free to bring the car back down and I will get it done, but please do not tell me to hold out on it and then complain what you asked for was not finished

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Old 01-12-2008, 10:37 PM
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I have stated my peace. If yous till feel there are issues to be resolved, call me tomorrow and we will settle them over the phone. For now... I am calling it a night. I will talk to you tomorrow Nate

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Old 01-12-2008, 10:42 PM
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the problems are being resolved by your referral to sicksubie and his referral to ESP with an AWD dyno on Monday, more down time and more money.
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Old 01-12-2008, 11:46 PM
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OK, so aside from little things like washer fluid and tools in the trunk I am feeling that you don't like the new cams. The reason I am even butting in here is that I was planning on buying some. I have been hearing that they are not well received by the car, and thus are getting a bad rap. I may have missed some info here, so I may be wrong in thinking this. Looking at the specs I don't know why the cams wouldn't work great, but... I don't have any experience with them so I don't know.

I once forgot I had a wild cam in a motor I built and when starting it up for the first time I thought it was running like crap. Before I could say anything my friend said that the cam profile sounded mean and I then remembered that it was a 303 not the old 284.

Are these cams just so different that people are mistaking their characteristics for something other than what they are?
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Old 01-13-2008, 07:03 AM
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the cams just don't idle like they are suppose to for a mild cam. the ideal set up for an svx is nitrous on a stock motor, you'll get 350hp when you need it and a smooth engine otherwise. this also requires the 6 sp. i found them for 2,400 if anyone wants the info. the plan for my car was a fast NA car.
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Old 01-13-2008, 07:28 AM
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OK, so aside from little things like washer fluid and tools in the trunk I am feeling that you don't like the new cams. The reason I am even butting in here is that I was planning on buying some. I have been hearing that they are not well received by the car, and thus are getting a bad rap. I may have missed some info here, so I may be wrong in thinking this. Looking at the specs I don't know why the cams wouldn't work great, but... I don't have any experience with them so I don't know.

I once forgot I had a wild cam in a motor I built and when starting it up for the first time I thought it was running like crap. Before I could say anything my friend said that the cam profile sounded mean and I then remembered that it was a 303 not the old 284.

Are these cams just so different that people are mistaking their characteristics for something other than what they are?
More or less yes. But there is a slight possiblity that the cams are indeed leaking compression. Now besides that, the idle is controlled by the computer. Because the idle is controlled by the computer I had to install a manual valve to make up for a lack of software changes to increase the idle. This was all explained to Nate before he picked up the car. And when the car was here (before his mech there took all of my vacc hose modifications off) it did idle... just not all that well... Which I also explained before he got the car.

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