I agree. My Fedex ground guy said not long ago he had a large delivery area. Because everyone is ordering over the internet now, he only has a couple of roads and they have split his territory up with 4 other guys. Shipping companies are booming!
So True
Wonder where those camshafts came from?
If that is true, then I am very concerned about their quality control on the cams they produce for others too!
The BOM is a comp core on that one. Since they are delayed like the rest of us, we ordered samples with our same spec elsewhere. Those are the ones we rejected
I wouldn’t. They have issues like every other grinder.
BUILD OF MATERIALS Sorry! Basically the cam that is called for on the build.
Thanks Johnny. It's wonderful that BPE has developed many of their own parts to ensure quality instead of relying on inconsistent 3rd parties. Seems like folks will not slow down ordering quality BPE engines, so wondering if you are considering expanding the foundry to make heads & grind your own cams? I know this would not be an overnight process, but you are already on your way to being a "one stop" engine builder.
We cast our own blocks and heads for much of the Gm and Ford lineup. It's a volume driven investment. I'm sure you can imagine at 70 engines a day, what percentage are GM, Ford, then Mopar.
Agree on the volume investment needed, but if the major components for a Mopar build are not readily available, that puts a stop on any assembly process like mine. New orders only compound the problem until there is a massive backlog, canceled orders, and vastly reduced future orders. The parts you've developed for the BPE brand have no doubt been high quality, so why not develop your own Mopar heads & cams to ensure the same & better quality and performance? In time, the lower Mopar engine volume builds might even be augmented by people ordering your parts directly from you instead of going to Comp or Edelbrock because of the availability & performance. A new aspect of the BPE enterprise to handle major component purchases by end users/builders?
This info likely won't be divulged! BUT, if this gives a clue, the flat tappet cam cores are not formed well. The parting graft from the mold actually affects the "rate of lift" when cycling the cam during the degreeing process. This issue is not on all the lobes, luckly was on the one I chose to do the degreeing from. The lifter follows the lobe edge, due to the built in lobe taper, as it rises and then follows the flaw, the lift rate actually backs off and then rises again, see pic. Cam # 20-212-2 .
