oh my god! i took off the rear valve cover to see whats going on. I see this crack on the cam..so i was like oh whats this? then i see its snapped in half!!! man! ive never seen this before...what a POS, my bulletproof motor has a broken cam...

 

Bulletproff, not turboproof.

 

thats pretty weak! i didnt even drive it either! it was idling when it snapped...what a POS!

 

Was this bought or made by you?

 

i'm sorry, but that's just not normal. it's obvious your car has boost, but what else's been modified on it? what are your driving habits?

 

WTF?

 

i don't think that is right. i may be outta my mind, but that seems a little odd. i think you might wanna check the valves and see if they are moving. but it seems you might have gotten a POS cam.

 

Were you dropping the engine in, or doing a rebuild?


Man, a broken cam sounds very very odd....it's the kind of thing you might see if there was massive lubrication failure or if the engine was crushed in a collision, but not during normal driving. I've heard of cracked cylinder heads from beating the engine, but never a cracked cam.

 

 

hehhe it aint a cracked cam,...its SNAPPED in half....i havent see that before....
i wont know until tomorrow when i call them. I dunno if i should tow it to them or sumthin. I dont wnan pull the motor out...hella work.

 

Check the engine, and don't worry about it.

I know people who have destroyed the indestructible SR20DE motor WITHOUT forced induction or NOS, so yes... freak accidents DO happen.

 

check the engine? huh??
hey brian, you gonna go down to Streets of Willow this weekend for the SE-R track day? my bro is heading down on thursday.

 

That BLOWS...

Those cams were hard welded right? Perhaps they over heated the cam when welding on the lobe in that area and weakend it.

Who did the cams again so we can stay away from them...

No metal chips in the valve area I hope. Its better than rod knock, right!!!

 

mo mods mo problems

 

hehehe, better then rod knock...i think. THey will give me another cam. my question is now....does the whole chain have to come off to replace it or do i juss have to remove that small one? thanks, later