There's not much on an engine build project that can take the wind out of your sails like a camshaft break in failure, welcome to our current struggles! In this case the brand new Comp Cams camshaft in our customer 400 Pontiac build ate a lifter, a lobe, and damaged essentially all the bearings. After a top end rebuild and camshaft replacement. Total kick to the stomach!

But these things happen, even when you follow the flat tappet break in procedure, and use the proper recommended high zinc break in oils, sometimes it still goes sideways on you. So here we are, recovering from that failure and reassembling the motor to get back to where we were in the project just a few short weeks ago. Isn't hot rodding fun? Aren't engine builds great?