comp cams and my fia

[paul cass]

hey guys
well the fia is down for a while. to update those that i didn't get to see in austin i'll list what has happened.
over the winter months i decided to re-do and repaint the body. decided to refresh the engine while the cobra was in the paint shop. added a new cam from comp cam. it is a special order cam with no listings in their books. so i had to depend on comp cams for advice. poblem is that i spoke with three different people. one seemed to know his business and the other two didn't as it turns out. i ended up with the wrong lifters and no retainers. i finally got the correct lifters and was told the mumbers to look for locally to get the retainers and screw in studs. finally the engine went back togethor. finished breaking in the engine the day before our texas cobra club event in austin. about 15 miles into our cruise i hear all this banging in the engine and pull off to the side of the road. after removing the valve cover i find that one of the rocker studs has boken off. a chase vehicle is kind enough to trailer us back to where i was staying. called comp cams when i get back and it turns out that the studs were for a stock engine. i needed the high tech studs. eventually i get those from comp cam and after installation i take the car on a local cruise. i start to here a tapping noise in the engine after a few miles that starts to get worse as we reach our destination. after cooldown i check the valve train and see that the cylinder that had the broken stud has no lift on one of the vavles. i disconnect that cylinder and limp back home on 7 cylinders. after opening up the engine and removing the cam i find that the lifter apparetly broke and ground off the lobe on the cam. although the oil filter caught the majority of the metal shavings some made it through out the engine. now i get to spend my spring break rebuilding the engine. i've talked with comp cam about what happened and will see what help they are in making up for the wrong parts and associated problems. at least the paint and body work looks great. now if i can just get a chance to drive the car i'll be happy. not a good month.
paul