[Shotimes] It's a Sad Milestone

[Shylo McKinsey]

I wouldn't be all that surprised.

Shylo McKinsey

'91 Two-Tone (needs a bath) MTX

--- Dave Garber <dgarber@servicelinklp.com> wrote:

>  14,000 RPM's? I don't think so!!
> 
> 
> Dave Garber
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 9:45 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] It's a Sad Milestone
> 
> Carl. 
> First I don't blame you at all for not following
> this, it is not your
> generation. 
> We have been saddled with, for lack of a more
> precise term, a crappy
> design of the cams. 
> The sprocket is a press fit that can't possibly
> stand up to an engine
> that has the capability of 14,000RPM.
>  Having seen more failures, and potential failure,
> i.e  Tim's It just
> makes me sick that Ford, despite my best efforts,
> will get away with
> this BS design. 
> They had to build "X" amount of cars with V8's.
> Cosworth/Yamaha/Ford got
> together for the design. I can speak from first hand
> experience that the
> majority of this engine could be dropped into a CART
> car and, with a
> little tweaking, be darned impressive. 21 bolt
> main?? Give me a break.
> They just screwed the pooch when someone in a
> cubicle thought they could
> press fit a sprocket to a cam tube.
> It's just not right. Did I sue em? Yep. Do I expect
> the world to change
> because I did? Nope.
>  I will though continue to piss in their collective
> cheerios as long as
> I can. They just missed the mark on this. 
> 
> Hmmm Lets look at the new Volvo(Ford) V8 Yamhammer
> in the new X90. Gee
> Billeted cam. Progress, or oops we screwed up the
> first time. 
> don't matter. 
> Look At this guy who is cam failure 497-500 did he
> deserve it????
> 
> http://www.v8sho.com/SHO/TimSwenzyCamFailure500.htm
> Nobody deserves it, IMHO.
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