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regrind cams #310197
August 07, 2009 01:02 am UTC
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Micheal Leclerc Offline OP
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Anyone have an educated opinion on stock cams ground to 280's?


My rides include:
07 Chrysler 300 touring AWD
99 Eclipse GSX Spyder "REDBIRD"
1963 Your mother
Re: regrind cams [Re: Micheal Leclerc] #310206
August 07, 2009 01:55 am UTC
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Re: regrind cams [Re: Ziggy Dietrich] #310209
August 07, 2009 02:18 am UTC
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Micheal Leclerc Offline OP
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I saw Kevin's ad Zig. But I also saw a set of regrinds for $80 never installed since grind.


My rides include:
07 Chrysler 300 touring AWD
99 Eclipse GSX Spyder "REDBIRD"
1963 Your mother
Re: regrind cams [Re: Micheal Leclerc] #310210
August 07, 2009 02:36 am UTC
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Ya, no doubt in my mind which I would prefer....but that IS a hell of a price difference...does make one think twice....


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"Whitebird" RIP
Re: regrind cams [Re: Ziggy Dietrich] #310237
August 07, 2009 01:32 pm UTC
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Mike, you can have my regrinds so that it puts them out of your mind. Definitely more trouble than they're worth.


2004 BMW M3 SMG Convertible
Re: regrind cams [Re: Michael Zeppieri] #310296
August 07, 2009 09:16 pm UTC
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Micheal Leclerc Offline OP
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I would say that is a definitive answer.


My rides include:
07 Chrysler 300 touring AWD
99 Eclipse GSX Spyder "REDBIRD"
1963 Your mother
Re: regrind cams [Re: Micheal Leclerc] #310397
August 08, 2009 06:52 pm UTC
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I have purchased Kevin's cams. Thanks for the help in deciding. I'm building a powerhouse engine, and I shouldn't skimp, or it will bite me in the ass later.


My rides include:
07 Chrysler 300 touring AWD
99 Eclipse GSX Spyder "REDBIRD"
1963 Your mother
Re: regrind cams [Re: Micheal Leclerc] #310433
August 09, 2009 04:03 am UTC
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I don't mind my reground cams. Maybe I got lucky with my set.


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Re: regrind cams [Re: toddmeunier] #310442
August 09, 2009 05:17 am UTC
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I like mine aswell.

But I don't have a fancy Sig rotflmao

Re: regrind cams [Re: Kevin McDonald] #310515
August 10, 2009 03:11 am UTC
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I got mine from Thomas Toth a few years back. The first set were really bad, the second set not much better. Now I run genuine HKS and I haven't looked back. The were issues with incorrect overlap, so I was losing compression big time on 1 cylinder. I have them sitting around in case someone wants to try them.

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