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Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 8:52 am**

Please excuse me

While I mop up my puddle of drool

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Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 10:00 am**

Sounds so healthy... Jeff really opened that motor up! Looks faster at 16psi than i do at 24psi!

Spectacular build Nick

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 10:20 am**

ohmygod.
OhMyGod.
OHMYGOD.

Yes.

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 10:33 am**

I am beyond excited to see this running!

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 10:38 am**

Lol awesome. Cams really are the difference to a good sound

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 12:05 pm**

That's true the sound is awesome ! What a jet .. :drool:

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 12:43 pm**

Might be the best sounding road going Quattro I've ever heard.

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 1:18 pm**

Nick how long is clutch/engine break in?

Old and grumpy.

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 8:00 pm**

Sounds awesome Nick. Seriously awesome. Too bad it didn't come together for Carlisle but whatever. I'm expecing more vids this weekend, lol. And to go for a ride at Sfest

Posted: **Thu May 22, 2014 10:38 pm**

Such sound. Many jealous. So turbo.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 10:58 am**

I think we all need Jeff's phone number. Nice job again, Nick! The car looks and sounds awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 3:27 pm**

So...you guys will be as devastated as I am (and Jeff). I will do a full write up on the whole story soon, but there was a mechanical failure between the Tommis billet cam gear and the billet CAT Cams 1002305's. Long story short, I've got a bunch of bent intake valves and some minor marks on my pistons.

Long story found by Jeff's investigation:

The front interior nose face of the Cat billet cams is .009 taller (longer) than a factory cam. A Cat cast version of the same 2305 cam is only .003 taller than factory. The old style Tommi's cam pulley will tolerate any of these noses, as will other cam gears of similar design. The old style Tommi's cam pulley will tolerate any of these noses, as will other cam gears of similar design.

Old style Tommis (good clamp between back of gear and front of cam):

New style Tommis on stock cam (mediocre clamp):

New style Tommis on Cat Billet Camshaft (no step to apply clamp to the back of the gear relying on only the key):

I hope to have it back up and running soon.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 3:50 pm**

Major bummer dude.

Hate to ask, but do you have to take the hit for this, or is CAT and/or Tommis going to ante up?

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 3:55 pm**

PRY4SNO wrote:Major bummer dude.

Hate to ask, but do you have to take the hit for this, or is CAT and/or Tommis going to ante up?

At this point I'm not sure, Jeff is working sorting all of that out.

I just want it running again. :drive:

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 3:56 pm**

No doubt. Hate to hear about stuff like this, but your posting helps the rest of us.

Godspeed and good luck.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 4:00 pm**

PRY4SNO wrote:No doubt. Hate to hear about stuff like this, but your posting helps the rest of us.

Godspeed and good luck.

Exactly why I had to share the unfortunate news. Plus I know people will be looking for more hooning videos and now they will know why they don't exist.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 4:11 pm**

Noooooooooooooooooooo. I actually feel heartbroken…… I'm glad you got that one "break in" run that we would all would love as our optimal run.

In terms of business no reason why FRP wouldn't help nick out 100%, from everything read here they were the real advisor and project manager of the entire "Crate" motor, if they recommended this specific cam gear it's part of the project.

I will digress on that point, since it seems like this will only be moving forward at a rapid pace anyway.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 4:22 pm**

themagellan wrote:Noooooooooooooooooooo. I actually feel heartbroken…… I'm glad you got that one "break in" run that we would all would love as our optimal run.

In terms of business no reason why FRP wouldn't help nick out 100%, from everything read here they were the real advisor and project manager of the entire "Crate" motor, if they recommended this specific cam gear it's part of the project.

I will digress on that point, since it seems like this will only be moving forward at a rapid pace anyway.

I'm glad I got 2 hours of fun out tuning it too! Too bad I wasn't driving until about 3 mins before it broke. Luckily for my buddy Chris who was driving all night, it broke on me, not him lol.

Jeff will take good care of me, there is no question about that. He was more devastated than I.

Head is already in route to FRP! Back in action asap

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 4:23 pm**

Dude.

So bummed. Sorry to see.

EDIT: I'd also like to mention, oh my god, it sounds so good in those highway pulls. Cams do wondrous things.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 5:02 pm**

Wow... Major bummer. How far away is Jeff? How did you get it to him so fast? you craaaasssy. So the keyway sheared?

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 5:31 pm**

wow, major bummer. The head surfaces are ok?

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 5:36 pm**

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! :wah:

As I watched your video, I was thinking "Yes! This thing got started without a hitch!" I wish you all the luck in the world in getting the car back on the road again.

Posted: **Fri May 23, 2014 5:38 pm**

Shitty.

Old and grumpy.

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 7:09 am**

Extra shitty. All I can do is keep watching the videos to keep me positive, lol

Here's another:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsR-KKEqLVQ[/youtube]

Posted: **Sat May 24, 2014 11:01 am**

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FSLsawbKOc[/youtube]

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