Christian and Beccy

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Piper and Kent appear to be sourcing their CVH parts from Turkey and such places, probably to save cost. That the last thing the CVH cam could do with. Poor quality blanks and cheapo lifters.

There have been enough warnings on here, anyone that still runs one must be mad. Its surely not possible to have not seen at least one of the threads on here about it.

rstdave

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As above......anyone that uses passionford and ignores advice not to use a kent cam must indeed be silly, SO many failiures it's unreal regardless of whether or not they should fail!
I had 2 let go in the space of 1000 miles, but that was a few years back when the newman's had only just came out, but swapped to newman and certainly lasted better.
I did wear out a newman though so not saying they're amazing but certainly the best of a bad bunch......the cvh engine is renowned for it's poor lubrication to the head resulting in premature cam wear anyway!

craig rst kid

I have already sent it back to kent or I would have had pictures up jano trust me when i say it was a state now i know why people claim kent cams are made of chocolate

rsmark86

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i got a nice head craig just had 1200 spent last yr and done fuck all miles ...

i will break my engine as i think ive found a couple of people intrested in the bottom end

Versus_Creations

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I dont think there is an issue with Kent cams.
Or at least the last 100 or so i have supplied and fitted. In fact i have had more issues with Newman parts (NOT THE CAMS) The lifter bodies come loose from the bottom securing nut! I do use solid lifters with most of the cam setups i supply, which hasnt got an equivalent off the shelf kit, which most people buy. These off the shelf kits contain the so called failing parts as far as i can make out from my experiance. I will carry on having confidence in Kent and Newman Camshafts untill i actually have an issue myself.

craig rst kid

so basicly its the lifters that are the problem not the actual cam itself thanks jano just wanted to know any way the kit has now been sent to kent and hopefully getting a newman cam so solid lifters it is then what can i do to improve oil pressure in the head as i hear thats the problem with cams wearing quickly

craig rst kid

just got off the phone to kent they say they hcoen't completed the inspection how ever the 1st followet they have checked seems to be contaminated with petrol i had my fuelling set up at jamsport aswell as the cam fitted and they fitted a second hand piper cam which has been fine so will update when i get a phone call back with in the hour

rsmark86

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basicaly they are trying it on mate.....

its a classic excuse tell them it had a oil change before and after running the cam in and see what they say then

craig rst kid

I know m8 i just phoned them and still not finished yet will tell them that if thr fuel was that bad it would have happened to the piper aswell which the cam i got in for now is fine with me driving it back from northampton taking the piss springs to mind

rsmark86

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like i said before hit him with the bloody cam lol

craig rst kid

right they have admitted it was the cam itself that failed and have sent me a brand new kit

phil_focus

wow, result mate.

fingers crossed on the new cam. get jamsport to install it and sort it out so you have the same run in so they cant say its your fault if it happens again.

Karlos G

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TBH I would sell the kit and buy a Newmans, why risk bit's of cam/lifter round your engine??

phil_focus

good point.

rather than go through the hassle of shifting it on why dont you call kent and say you don't trust their cams anymore and dont want to risk your engine so just want a full refund.

gus

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no ones munched a newmans cam then?

Karlos G

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Yes... https://passionford.com/forum/ford-e...-cam-fail.html ...but far far less likely to happen than with Kent or Piper.

gus

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i know a few who will disagree. I think they are all the same as one an other

Karlos G

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I'm just going by statistics really Gus, whoever you speak to whether it be tuners or just DIY'ers like ourselves there are always more stories of failed Kent, Piper and cheap pattern Cams than there are Newman.... at least thats my experience.

craig rst kid

putting the cam on ebay and getting a newmans

gus

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o right, yeah no worries didnt open link as was on phone and its poo on the net

craig rst kid

must say the cam i had was worse than that om the link and only lasted 5 ims never mid 1000 miles lmao

DazC

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My CVH36 was fine for 20k miles. It's now in my apprentices engine.

I'm on a Newman which has only done about 3k but hasn't worn out yet.

I did run the engine at 2k rpm for 20 minutes with the Kent but never got chance to with the Newman as I was on a fresh ECU which had to have a map built almost from scratch before it'd run.

craig rst kid

just out of curiosity what are the differences between the cvh 35'36'and 37 kits so people have had mixed expierinces with kent cams but mine was shocking

Karlos G

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They are different profiles.

gus

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next mod is a magnetic sump plug!

craig rst kid

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