Trance's all motor disaster
11-19-2005, 02:17 PM
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Trance's all motor disaster
Hey guy's I remember seeing this happen to 1 other person on here. I think it was Spoon or Spencer, one of those Canadians 
But anyway I was siting in traffic idling and all of a sudden my idle dropped down and I heard parts falling on the road and then the engine died.
I popped the hood and what did I find?
Son of a bitch, am I missing something? Oh here it is, the end of the Zex/Compcams camshaft broke off!!!
Looks like it'll be resting again until I can find the parts to fix it. What the hell causes this? Poor casting? Imporper tourque? I drove it all summer long and was preparing to drive it this winter too until now...
But anyway I was siting in traffic idling and all of a sudden my idle dropped down and I heard parts falling on the road and then the engine died. I popped the hood and what did I find?
Son of a bitch, am I missing something? Oh here it is, the end of the Zex/Compcams camshaft broke off!!!
Looks like it'll be resting again until I can find the parts to fix it. What the hell causes this? Poor casting? Imporper tourque? I drove it all summer long and was preparing to drive it this winter too until now...
11-19-2005, 02:21 PM
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Re: Trance's all motor disaster
The problem is all-motor :P
j/k, but I'm sure a bad casting could cause that. Never heard of it happening but anything's possible.
I can't see improper torque causing that. Too loose you might just have the bolt back off and your gear will completely come off the cam. Too tight.... can't think of anything bad that would happen from that other than maybe snapping the bolt when you are tightening or having it be a bitch and a half to take off.
How are your valves?
j/k, but I'm sure a bad casting could cause that. Never heard of it happening but anything's possible.
I can't see improper torque causing that. Too loose you might just have the bolt back off and your gear will completely come off the cam. Too tight.... can't think of anything bad that would happen from that other than maybe snapping the bolt when you are tightening or having it be a bitch and a half to take off.
How are your valves?
11-19-2005, 02:24 PM
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Re: Trance's all motor disaster
I don't know I havn't been able to rip into it yet. I'm actually afraid to!!! Hope I didn't do any other damage. Like I said I was just sitting there idling... The cam gear is now messed up too so it looks like I'm going back to stock parts for a little while.
Oh yeah and the ITB's ripped pretty good in the top end on this little SOHC. I swapped back to the standard Honda intake manifold for the winter but there were definately noticable differences. With the ITB's my low end suffered but the midrange and top end was breathing heavy!!!
Oh yeah and the ITB's ripped pretty good in the top end on this little SOHC. I swapped back to the standard Honda intake manifold for the winter but there were definately noticable differences. With the ITB's my low end suffered but the midrange and top end was breathing heavy!!!
11-19-2005, 02:28 PM
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Re: Trance's all motor disaster
I could possibly see over tightening causing that, but damn. 
That just shouldn't happen. 
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11-19-2005, 02:53 PM
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Re: Trance's all motor disaster
yeah. tell thoes ----------ers you paid like 4500 to have a motor built you had it for a month or so and the cam broke tottaly destroying your motor 
see what they do about it. sounds like the NE crew is having some bad luck lateley.
see what they do about it. sounds like the NE crew is having some bad luck lateley.
