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From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 01:27:51 -0400
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Subject: Re: Installed Defective Cam. Need Advice On New One
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 01:26:47 -0400
From: Don Malling <dmallin@attglobal.net>
To: Bob Fabie <RFabie@erols.com>
CC: triumphs@autox.team.net,  6pack@autox.team.net
References: <006001c33869$eed19520$2b9f3bd0@BKM>

Hi Bob,

You might try Integral Cams. He uses a Chilled Cast Iron Billet blank.
They are not regrinds. http://www.integralcams.com/tr-250_tr-6.htm

Mine is not in the engine yet so I can't provide first hand information,
but in the process of trying to decide on Integral, I learned that he
makes the cams for the Kent Prather Racing team. I asked Kent about
Integral, and he spoke highly of them. Kai Radicke and Bob Lang speak
highly of Kent and what he has accomplished with his MGA, and I guess
also the Integral Cams inside the engines. Kent Prather has a web site,
but I don't have it. His name is all over the web. You might check it
out. I understand he finances his racing by doing engine work for
customers LBCs -- top notch and pricey from what I have heard.

I believe Richard Good also has Chilled Cast Iron Billet blanks
available, and seems to me that Ted Schumacher does too.

Integral was expensive: $312.00 which is about the same as other new blanks.

Integral will also Rockwell hardness test and regrind your lifters. From
what I have learned in my cam buying adventure, I would have even new
lifters Rockwell tested and reground. I had Integral regrind my original
lifters. They were the original equipment.


Don Malling


Bob Fabie wrote:
 > Briefly, 1500 miles ago, I installed a Piper cam as part of a 
complete engine
 > bay restoration (a mild regrind) that I purchased from British Parts
 > Northwest.) The engine idled and ran perfectly. However, I became 
concerned
 > over having to adjust the valves - primarily the same one - three 
times during
 > over this period. When I did it last week, it was obvious that I 
would soon
 > run out of adjustment since the screw was now flush with the nut. 
Today, I
 > used a dial indicator to measure the valve lift and compared the 
reading with
 > the specs. of the new cam. No question about it, at least one lobe is 
bad. I
 > plan to follow Hemmings instructions for removing the cam without 
removing the
 > engine. It's "killing" me to have to dismantle my pristine, show quality
 > engine compartment.
 >
 > I plan to contact BPNW and discuss the problem. I'll report back on 
what they
 > say and what they do as a result of this defective cam ( I also 
purchased new
 > lifters, push rods, bearings, pistons and much else from them). I 
realize that
 > this could have been an anomaly, but at this point, I don't recommend 
that
 > anyone else buy a reground cam. I'll reserve comments as to BPNW 
until after I
 > talk with them.
 >
 > I do not intend to buy another reground cam. I'm very interested in 
hearing
 > your opinion and recommendations on brands and grinds. I would like a 
higher
 > than stock performance cam, but I want a good idle - no lope. Goodparts?
 > Moss?
 >
 > Thanks in advance for your help. I wish I had sought it before I 
bought the
 > one I purchased.
 >
 > Bob Fabie
 > '75 TR6

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