@rene4406 posted:Compression on all cylinders is good, so I'm sure none of the valves are bent but that doesn't completely rule out a camshaft fault. For example, there may be an error of 180° on the cam (360° on the crankshaft) for one or more cylinders, the valves do not touch the pistons but the spark occurs at the wrong time. It's not totally impossible.
The likeliness or the percentage of probability is growing steadily in that direction.
Degreeing the cam presumes that all of the lobes for all of the cylinders are in proper relationship to each other. It does not provide for one or more lobes being ground out of sync with the others.
The only way I can see to confirm the likeliness of that scenario is to install another camshaft. Can we make this any more difficult?
I had an issue with a new camshaft here. It was replaced as a "courtesy" to me. It was missing a part of one of the distributor gear drive teeth. It was not acknowledged by the manufacturer as a warranty defect. It was brand new in the box.
Here in the US the situation on "legal damages" I found to be frustrating at least.
IF for instance a "painter" charges you $20 to paint your front door white but it turns out pink and you hire a new painter to paint it white but he charges you $100, the original painter is only liable for the $20 he charged you.
So by the same token, if you paid Bullet cams $400 for the cam, it destroys your engine and it costs you $10,000 to replace it, in a US court Bullet AT MOST would be liable for the $400.
It isn't me, that's as we say here "that's the law".
I am purely speculating on this but I'd guess that the cam physically fits a 351c but I think they ground the lobes on the 289 firing order? Did I say that before? Well, it's worth repeating.
This is all bumming me out also. I am going to wind up arguing with the Referee and getting thrown out of the game. I just hope I don't hit him and they call the Police and arrest me?