pretty small

probably about the size of one of the smilies -> :cool:

i'm thinking a defect this small won't effect the performance of the cam

:( ttt

On what part of the lobe is pitted?

what are your monitor settings?

well so long as its only on a small part but the rest of the lobe still opens what needs to be opened correctly i would do it. is it an aftermarket cam? if not then get a stock one from some forum member cheap.

what are your monitor settings?

Yeah, lol!

i pulled a pitted cam out of my old car and just put it in my friends 200. it was a 91 highport cam with about 80% of one lobe pitted across the high spot of the lobe. it was quiet and ran like any other. but only if it looks like it might work

http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5880/camsxu2.jpg
btw its a 91 intake cam

the big circle is pretty much right on top

the small one is not on top of the lobe

edit: n/m

biggity bump

Can you post a little larger picture of the cam? Just from that picture I would say not to run it. Especially when you can get an intake cam in excellent condition for around $35-40 shipped. Heck I have one sitting in my garage I would ship out to you tomorrow if you're needing it :)

Can you post a little larger picture of the cam? Just from that picture I would say not to run it. Especially when you can get an intake cam in excellent condition for around $35-40 shipped. Heck I have one sitting in my garage I would ship out to you tomorrow if you're needing it :)
yeah it sucks because i bought it from someone on the boards whosaid it was just a little bit of wear and then now im not sure i wanna put it in

i'll get a bigger pic later on

you should not have bought it.

http://www.sr20forum.com/showthread.php?t=180720

Looks like a POS. I would contact the seller for a refund. The only way I would out that in my car, was the drive to the UPS station to send it back.

His new intake cam is shipping tomorrow.

His new intake cam is shipping tomorrow.


:biggthump :biggthump

His new intake cam is shipping tomorrow.

McCoy FTW!!! Beat me to it. :biggthump

i mean even that wasnt too bad, when i miss shifted into second @7750rpms in third and shattered almost all the rockers i had some nice size dings and gouges in my s3's. all i did was took a file and filled down the rough spots so they cam flat with the cam profile, i put new rockers in and started it back up and it ran just the same as it did before. Even with that wear as long as you filed it down and as long as there still area that isnt gouged on the tip of the lobe it will still lift the same as before. that kinda looks like what happened with that cam? shattered rockers

****** good news on the new cam though, sounds good

thanks guys i think i made the right choice in getting the other cam from mccoy :)

yeah glad to hear it all worked out good, either way it would have been good, at least he didnt just blow you off, good luck