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FE Technical Forum / Another one bites the dust. Cam lobe
« on: November 24, 2022, 12:45:28 AM »
Well, I got my 390 together and down it the car. .060 4.11 bore stock 390 crank and rods, ARP bolts thru out. DSS 5003-4110 10cc dish with 10.08 comp with 72cc heads. ProMaxx shocker 200 heads with 2.20 and 1.73 valves. Performer RPM intake and Performer RPM 800 carb. Now the problem. Edelbrock Performer RPM cam. This is a COMP CAM and lifters. I know I'm not the first, but I just had a cam lobe flatten out or the lifter failed and mushroomed out. Just one lobe that I can tell. The lifters will all slide up out of the bores easily except one. It comes up and stops just as the contact surface comes up to the bore in the block. Like a 400k mile old lifter. I went thru the break in process by the numbers. I have built several Chevy and Mopar motors thru the years and never had a cam break in problem. This is my first FE build, although I've had four before, just never put a cam in one. This really sucks. I guess its time to pull it all the way down with all new bearings, disassemble the roller rocker shafts and inspect them. Maybe even look at the rod bushings. Do you think that I am just one of the many many to be bitten by these COMP CAMS defects they are putting out? Any suggestions for a replacement ROLLER cam and lifters and pushrods with around the same specs as the Performer RPM cam that is 296 Adv int/exh 236 @.050 Duration 572 lift int/exh with 108 LSA 103 int centerline. I understand using the 128 rule that the 108 LSA should be correct for me. This is going in a 64 Galaxie fastback with a TCI streetfighter C6 and a TCI breakaway 2400 converter. I will be running 3.89 gears. I know, a bunch of questions. But any thoughts or ideas would be great. Thanks

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FE Technical Forum / 2.20 1.73 valves in 4.08 bore 390
« on: February 22, 2022, 08:08:15 PM »
I am building a 390 that I am planning to to a 445 Scat stroker kit in. I haven't pulled it down yet to see where it will clean up in the bore. The heads I have, and as everyone knows it's about impossible to get aluminum heads, are ProMaxx shocker 200 with 2.20 intake and 1.73 exhaust valves. I am planning on running a Comp Cams 284H hyd flat tappet with .584 Int lift and .588 Exh lift. I have a set of PRW alum adjustable rockers 1.76 ratio. I was wondering if anyone thinks I am going to run into a valve to block interference issue? I saw a thread where it was discussed, but when I read it, it's as though I'm looking at a CIA document with some words redacted. It looks like Jay replied back in 2012, a couple times saying he had no clearance issues in a 4.08 bore. I don't recall him saying what lift he was using, but with the .584/.588 lift I plan on using, it looked like I was going to be ok since the lift was just this size. Some people have told me I had to go up to a 428 bore of 4.13 or 4.16 that the 462 scat stroker kit uses. Going that big of a bore in a 390 block probably means it will have to have sleeves in every hole. If it does look like there will be an issue, probably on the exhaust valve, which surprised me, does clearancing the the bore involve any more than very carefully grinding an area at the top of the bore, and I did see Jays comments on how far down to go, in a way that looks like GM did on there 396 big block? This is going to be a bracket/street car 64 Galaxie fastback. I would appreciate any help you guys can give me on this.
Thanks, Dave

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