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Faito Cam Quality

HKholic

HKholic

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Good day all. Have a look at the photos. Cam used for 1500km and now a paper weight :(. I really like this cam. There are obvious flat spots and pitting. This is not to bad mouth a company but simply share my findings with a certain product. I would say bad forging material from supplier.



 
odie

odie

Super Veteran
yaiks ! sir may i know the manner of how you drive or how your bike was set up? may be theres a factor or may be its the quality?
 
rowan

rowan

Super Veteran
im sorry im not a faito fan too but ill show u how faito does my friend is using faito lowcam he use it daily and even at hi speed action nothing happen.... i think its not the material itself it is ur lubrication.. im using cms and yypang stage 2 cam
even on yypang they were good kind of steel but when ur lubrication fail it will also happen
 
HKholic

HKholic

Member
Maybe, but to only appear on one side of one lobe makes me think otherwise. A lemon in the bunch.?. I have seen casting and forging flaws before at my job(CNC machinist). This porosity lay just beneath the machined surface. More curious if anyone else has seen this. I would like to think it is a rare occurrence and just go buy another one. :) Out of the three cams I have, it is my fav.
 
rowan

rowan

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yeah it happens bro.. yypang cam im using it also just the other week one of my friend phoned me he had suffer more than what u have suffered it is same yypang stage 2 . he was using uma oil pump still same had happen.. so maybe different cam have diff forging ..anyway its nice that u had inform coz i think it happned not only in one camshaft brand also, some say when u get lucky
:p:p nice sharing bro.. it gives us more ideas on this situation
 
rhoitol

rhoitol

Super Veteran
HKholic said:
Good day all. Have a look at the photos. Cam used for 1500km and now a paper weight :(. I really like this cam. There are obvious flat spots and pitting. This is not to bad mouth a company but simply share my findings with a certain product. I would say bad forging material from supplier.



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is this a Turbo cam sir?..

when we check-up the faito cam installed in my bike for almost 10k kms, there was no markings like that..
 
rowan

rowan

Super Veteran
later on we found out we have installed very stiff spring on his intake side thats what happen same like yours but only one side and more deeper
 
HKholic

HKholic

Member
rhoitol - yes, this is a Turbo cam

rowan - valve springs ..........hmmmm. Been thinking of getting a different set. Using APPI valve springs right now. This gives me a reason to try a different brand ;). Get a new cam, new springs and try again :D.
 
rowan

rowan

Super Veteran
HKholic said:
rhoitol - yes, this is a Turbo cam

rowan - valve springs ..........hmmmm. Been thinking of getting a different set. Using APPI valve springs right now. This gives me a reason to try a different brand ;). Get a new cam, new springs and try again :D.
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hehehe appi spring is really stiff bro. stiffer than tk and other springs . tested that one too
 
xclickclickx

xclickclickx

Veteran
I was about to ask you to send me your Photo's of the Turbo cam. hmm.:confused:
wonder how they heat treat them if they're all heated exactly to the same temperature and dipped in the exact same temprature oil after and wonder if the timing is always exactly the same....What i mean is after applying the heat then dunking them in the oil do they get cooled down for an exact time every time. also maybe the dip them in the same oil every time so the oil heats up after a while then the quality starts changing??
just an assumption..maybe
 
HKholic

HKholic

Member
Not sure. I'm headed to HCM this Saturday and going to stop by Josh's shop to see what he has as well as pick up another Turbo. ;) Gonna do a little shopping!
 
alx.cruz

alx.cruz

Super Veteran
Can you take a look at the rollers of your rocker arm? check if it is still rolling smoothly...

There could be a chance your stiff valve springs have stressed that part too much causing it not to roll on your cam lobes smoothly, hence, having that damage on your camshaft...
 
HKholic

HKholic

Member
tom snipes said:
nice bro.. update us on your second turbo if the problem still exist....are you trying a new springs too?
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Tried to find different springs but only other brand I could find is CMS and I was told that they are stiffer than APPI. Who knows..??
 
CLYDE

CLYDE

Super Veteran
since you are only using faito s4 evo stage 1, i think vixion valvespring will be just fine:)
 
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