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[Keithc8]

This whole cam gear issue can be weird. We have had to use the steel gear on some of the flat-tappet stuff that we were getting from Comp Cams and Lunati on the SBF cams. We started have cam gear life problems with the standard flat-tappet style cams from both companies about 4 years ago. They tried to blame on to much oil pump pressure and things like that. We had several customers just have the gear that cam on there distributors from MSD wear out within 100 miles and break. We started using the steel gears on these camshafts and no more problems with gears at all. We told both Comp and Lunati about it and I think they thought we were crazy. I told them when they got tired of customers *****ing about gear problems just tell them to use the steel gear. We have been running the steel gear on the -9 cam cores for the FE hydraulic rollers now for about 2 years with no problems. We also make sure that we do not go through the harden on the cam cores when we do the camshafts. They have some different cores for different duration and lift camshafts. Just like right now we are waiting on some of these cores for our hydraulic rollers because all they have are to big and wil grind through the hardning.
John Ross I will need to figure out if I can do something like that with my air cleaner. Thanks, Keith Craft