Originally Posted by
juffer
Me and a friend have also had issues with cams. Between us we have gone throught 5 cams including ford and kent. In the end im running a motorfactors copy for £100 with no problem and my friend is running a power engineering cam with doulble springs. No problems so far in the last 4000 miles.
I believe that the tappets are the weak link. The kent ones were braking up and some of the brand new motorfactor tappets were not turning.
Yes I agree! There is not a mark or wear pattern on the cam itself! All the wear is in the lifters! Its very possible Newman are buying these in and being told they are of a certain grade/quality of steel and not getting what they are told! Perhaps somebody supplying cheapo ones and making lots of money!!