I ordered a Fast Road 89 cam for a small journal spitfire from Moss Motors Europe. Everything cam is a very speedy manner. Three day delivery. When I was setting my valve guide heights I was told to check the lift of my cam to make sure it was as advertised. Fast Road 89 Cam have .294" of lift, my cam measured to be .308". Another bodge by "Mess Motors"? I tell ya I am getting sick of this companies screw ups. Not one order has come through free and clear. I am thinking of beginning a page on this side off all there defective crap and errors.
I tried to contact Moss but naturally they take an unusually long time to reply. So while I was sending out e-mails i sent the above three pictures to Kent as well as i had heard rumor that Moss was selling Kent cam's instead of their own.
Kent got back to me right away, they said that the numbers on the side were the casting numbers but that the numbers stamped into the end of the cam meant nothing to them. They did confirm that they were supplying cam's to Moss but were not specific about which ones.
Still no word from Moss... it's been 3 days.
Today, I spent the morning recording and graphing the mystery cam's lift versus crank rotation. I used 10 degree intervals.
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Kent got back to me right away, they said that the numbers on the side were the casting numbers but that the numbers stamped into the end of the cam meant nothing to them. They did confirm that they were supplying cam's to Moss but were not specific about which ones.
Still no word from Moss... it's been 3 days.
Today, I spent the morning recording and graphing the mystery cam's lift versus crank rotation. I used 10 degree intervals.
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| Kent TH6 vs Mystery |
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| Fast Road 89 vs Mystery |
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| Fast Road .308" lift vs Mystery |
I have resolved that is is 100% not a fast road 89 cam at all. The lobe placement is all wrong even if you match the lift. Sadly though the guesstimate profile from the timing figures matches the TH6 almost identically. Now what should I do with this cam. It seems to be to much for road use, having a large flat spot in the 5k area.
