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Old Mar 2, 2003 | 02:34 PM
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any of you guys know anybody or have a set of jwt cams? i'm almost ready to order them but i haven't heard to much about em. any info would be appriciated.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 07:40 PM
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i30krab has them. He broke one though and I think he was getting a new set that were a little more mild. Turbo95max might have them as well, there is a pic of his cams on the www.turbomaxima.com website. Not sure if the pic is of JWT cams or regrinds or what.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 07:45 PM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
i30krab has them. He broke one though and I think he was getting a new set that were a little more mild. Turbo95max might have them as well, there is a pic of his cams on the www.turbomaxima.com website. Not sure if the pic is of JWT cams or regrinds or what.
Ummm.....How exactly do u break a cam? ,especially and aftermarket one.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
i30krab has them. He broke one though and I think he was getting a new set that were a little more mild.
he broke a fresh billet?? goes to show all the "regrind haters" that fresh billets can crack TOO!!!
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 08:25 PM
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What exactly is a re-grind and a billet when referring to cams? How "hardcore" are the JWT cams anyways?
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 08:32 PM
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Ummm.....How exactly do u break a cam? ,especially and aftermarket one.
Don't ask me. He's posted about it a few weeks back. He had a weird noise and thought it was a lifter problem, tore it down and the end was broken off the camshaft.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 08:37 PM
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Regrinds are stock cams reground to different (more agressive) specs. Billets are CND'd from a billet (a solid block of aluminum).
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Originally posted by Nealoc187


Don't ask me. He's posted about it a few weeks back. He had a weird noise and thought it was a lifter problem, tore it down and the end was broken off the camshaft.
Sorry, wasnt trying to pin it on u. Ive just never seen and aftermarket cam especially a billet 1 break. Looks like JWT has some more kinks to work out of their design. Just sort of a shock Ive never heard of a billet cam breaking.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 10:08 PM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
Regrinds are stock cams reground to different (more agressive) specs. Billets are CND'd from a billet (a solid block of aluminum).
Well, if his cams were aluminum, I see why they broke
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 10:27 PM
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Well, if his cams were aluminum, I see why they broke
Hey now! Its late. Typically billet items are aluminum but not cams lol, good call.
Old Mar 2, 2003 | 11:48 PM
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something to consider


I30Krab snappped a cam or had lifter probs on aftermarket cams, now he is going with a milder set.

MY first set of cams was wild, i snapped a cam, then went with a milder cam and didnt snap them anymore. I was also told by a company that SUPPOSELY tried to develop cams for the Max and it would snap when they set it up too aggressive.
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Originally posted by Turbo95Max
something to consider


I30Krab snappped a cam or had lifter probs on aftermarket cams, now he is going with a milder set.

MY first set of cams was wild, i snapped a cam, then went with a milder cam and didnt snap them anymore. I was also told by a company that SUPPOSELY tried to develop cams for the Max and it would snap when they set it up too aggressive.
Were your cams JWT or another company?
Old Mar 3, 2003 | 12:15 AM
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Were your cams JWT or another company?
nope, mine are from a company called Elgen. i had those done about a year before JWT came out with their cams
Old Mar 3, 2003 | 06:28 AM
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Originally posted by Nealoc187
Regrinds are stock cams reground to different (more agressive) specs. Billets are CND'd from a billet (a solid block of aluminum).

they are making cams out of Aluminum ?? I think you mean steel. Al is much to soft for constant rubbing ...
Old Mar 3, 2003 | 07:19 AM
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Originally posted by optimus1

they are making cams out of Aluminum ?? I think you mean steel. Al is much to soft for constant rubbing ...
Look at my next post.
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