Wrong Cam

[John D.]

It pays to open the packages when you receive them from the auction sites. I ordered a CS113R Duntov 097 cam about 6 months ago. Price was right. Today I decided to inspect the cam which was double boxed. On the actual cam box it says CS610!!!
So instead of putting a post here I actually looked the number up on Google.
Any one need a FORD hydraulic cam. Whew!!!!!

[Richard G.]

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Have you contacted the seller? Sometimes there are decent people out there.
Maybe you will get lucky.
However, we will not collectively hold our breaths for you.
Best of luck.
Rick

[Jerry C.]

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Heard the CS113R has been out of stock for some time.

[John D.]

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Jerry, You must be correct. What a shame. Just me alone I must have sold a few thousand of those cams for FM.
Jeff Reade from CA has his own'097 cam and its dead nuts. I don't know if he advertises in The Driveline or not. Thanks, Johbn

[Domenic T.]

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John,
Don't want to hijack but I rebuilt a 64 vette 327 and static times it and primed the carb. Started right up and I ran the engine about 2K for cam break in. Finished the break in and set the idle jets and idle and closed the hood with a "now that 's how it's done. I decided to take it out and see if the PG trans shifted ok. The engine wouldn't run over 3K. It rab just great but would not rev over 3K. Now I ate crow. I checked the distributor! Then took the carb apart. Thought I made a mistake and adjusted the hydraulic lifters again. Then, maybe a rag in the intake or a crack. Then I remembered having a exhaust block on a car that acted the same.
I then got out the degree wheel and checked the cam. Wasn't close. So I took the timing cover off and there it was. The 3 bolt holes and the pin were in the wrong location. when the cam was built someone messed up the indication. That took over a day out of a simple job.
Well about 3 years later a friend brought me a 396 that would not run over 3 K. He rebuilt the engine so I thought he messed up and went thru the same thing I did on the 327. Finally took the timing cover off and the bolt holes and pin were out just as the other. From then on I checked every cam for the bolt holes and pin before installing. Also the harmonic balancer.
You got away lucky. My luck, it would have been a cam job only and I would have had to tell the customer that a day job would now take a few more waiting for a new cam to arrive.

Dom

[Richard G.]

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Dom
Interesting as I have the exact same issue. Haven't been able to track it down.
How did you check it with the degree wheel, just like one would when degreeing the cam I suspect.
I need to find the specifications for a 340hp to inspect it.
I would have never thought of such a factory mess up.
Do you mean the pin hole was between the wrong two bolts? Seems it wouldn't run at all.

I was suspecting fuel pressure because it acts just like it running out of fuel.
Or could it be the almost 40 year old GM exhaust I purchased from GM? LOL.
Rick

[Domenic T.]

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Richard,
Yes I put a wheel on the balancer and a dial on the rockers. Now they both would idle fine and run great untill they got over 2 K. All 4, the 3 holes and pin were not in the right place.
Now another one that acted the same was on a new car with single exhaust. I had a similar problem with the car not running over 3 K. I found that where each pipe from the engine was welded to the single pipe, there was a metal flap that was supposed to be cut out after welding the Y. The flap was not completely cut and when the engine exhaust heated and blew against the flap, it blocked the single pipe. That was also a hard one to find.
Dom

[Terry M.]

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John,
I can't believe no one else has suggested a use for your "wrong cam". Maybe if you'd just buy a Ford it could find a new home

Stay safe!
Terry

[John D.]

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Terry, I do have old Fords.