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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by sonoma43
Well...I personally have never had any issue with customer service with them. However I have heard of a few stories...yours included. It does really suck what happened to you. But I wouldnt steer people away from a good product because of a couple of cases where comp wouldnt fix a mistake that wasnt necessarily their's.
They never said that they wouldnt fix them. They said to send them in.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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The base circle on the LS6 cam is .050" smaller than the stock LS cam, so you'll need pushrods that length longer than stock.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by dirt track racer 81
They never said that they wouldnt fix them. They said to send them in.
Im not reffering to just the springs....there has been many issues with the older 918's, but when you push parts to the limit and max them out they will only last so long. You cannot expect a valve spring rated to .600 lift to last very long when running a .600 lift cam is all im saying. Just trying to be realistic about any performance part. It's not always the suppliers parts that are bad...sometimes it's the decision you make.
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DozerDan
I'll be runnin yellow ls6 springs with 7.425 length pushrods with mine
Sounds like a perfect combo for that cam
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by sonoma43
Im not reffering to just the springs....there has been many issues with the older 918's, but when you push parts to the limit and max them out they will only last so long. You cannot expect a valve spring rated to .600 lift to last very long when running a .600 lift cam is all im saying. Just trying to be realistic about any performance part. It's not always the suppliers parts that are bad...sometimes it's the decision you make.
i didnt say nothing about that. their custom service was poor is what i was refering to. when i sent back my 918 Red from comp said they would be .625 lift
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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Unfortunately I've heard many a story about crappy customer service from Comp. To bad too, because they usually have a good product aside from their valve springs over the last few years. I've been doing my best to avoid their products on principle alone, my next cam is going to be a Vinci (I want a Stangbanger for my LQ9, if they're still available now that Crane went under)
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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What is the part number for the 7.425 Comp Cams pushrods?
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Old Mar 28, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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is it a good cam to run in a 5.3? or is a ls7 cam better?
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Old Apr 6, 2009 | 05:30 PM
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I would think the LS7 cam would be a bit to big for a 5.3. Im going with a comp 224/230 581/588 114lsa in my 5.3
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Old Jan 19, 2010 | 09:51 PM
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Bringing it back from the dead.

anyone here have any feedback that is running a 5.3l with the ls6 (what year cam)

I am getting ready to put this cam on a 5.3l with a carb set-up.

I have all the parts sitting on the shelf. and just want feed back from people who have this set up.
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