Redeye Widebody

[polara71]

Doesn't matter cuz every modern hemi eventually eats a cam anyway.

Mileage may vary ...

At some point maybe, but if I can get 200,000 out of it without the Supercharger, I'm gonna.

 

[azblackhemi]

Mileage may vary ...

At some point maybe, but if I can get 200,000 out of it without the Supercharger, I'm gonna.

My Magnum was at 163,000 with no problems.

 

[polara71]

My Magnum was at 163,000 with no problems.

AND likely had another 50,000 in it. Ross said all modern Hemi cams will go bad. Obviously, but when ? hes not wrong

 

[Stormer]

The 5.7 in my old Ram went at 150K. A good friend of mine is a Chrysler tech & he usually sees them before that.

 

[1978 NYB]

 

[polara71]

The 5.7 in my old Ram went at 150K. A good friend of mine is a Chrysler tech & he usually sees them before that.

Ok, 150,000 but we know how you drive.

 

[Stormer]

Ok, 150,000 but we know how you drive.

 

[300rag]

Is this you Bob?

 

[1978 NYB]

Is this you Bob?

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I am thinking about the Forza Performance & Tuning Performance 4-R upgrade.....

 

[Stormer]

Ok, 150,000 but we know how you drive.

Well, karma kicked my *** on this one. Three of our fleet hemis ate cams this week. One truck has 60K miles....

 

[polara71]

Prove it

 

[Stormer]

Prove it

I don't have to prove ****. We have 60 or so Rams in our fleet & three of them just ate cams. You can conduct your own investigation if you don't believe me. I'll introduce you to our fleet manager. Gonna cost $8K each for rebuilt engines.

 

[polara71]

I would definitely talk to him

 

[Stormer]

When you talk to him, he’s gonna say that we have to stop buying these hemis.

 

[polara71]

Yeah you CB . You should be buying C diesels.

 

[Stormer]

I don’t know what CB is but most of our trucks are 1500 single cab. We buy them for about 10-12 grand with 30k or so miles.

 

[polara71]

CB = Cheap Bastard, this site is full of them.

So, you do not know how they've been maintained or driven before you buy them.

 

[Stormer]

CB = Cheap Bastard, this site is full of them.

So, you do not know how they've been maintained or driven before you buy them.

We buy them all from fastenal so we have some idea. In my personal life, I’m not a “CB” but, when it comes to business, I am an extreme cb.

 

[polara71]

We buy them all from fastenal so we have some idea. In my personal life, I’m not a “CB” but, when it comes to business, I am an extreme cb.

We've know one another for 11 years, I know .

 

[65sporty]

Well, karma kicked my *** on this one. Three of our fleet hemis ate cams this week. One truck has 60K miles....

I have done 2 cams and lifters on 13 and 14 Ram Hemi's in the last year, both trucks had over 100,000. I have yet to see a lifter failure in the older Hemi's 03-10