**** Major Issue with the 3sx Adjustable Cam Gears - Zero is not Zero****

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Originally Posted by Alan92RTTT

Given the number of places that you've posted this you should have contacted them first.

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I posted it out just to make people aware of the alignment issue and so that everyone that has them can check them out. Even if they are not zero'd correctly, those people that have them are now able to actually adjust them properly. They will have the option to contact 3sx if they purchased them from 3sx. I bought mine second hand used so technically I could only go back to the person I bought them off of with the issue.

This is for awareness not bashing, sorry to anyone that took it as bashing. It is not intended that way.

Just sent 3sx a note on facebook.

While your intent is informative some in the 3S community enjoy bashing 3SX for any reason they can find. Others will jump on the bandwagon for their own gain.

Shooting one of the 3SX guys a note about the issue would at lest have let them research and respond.

Everyone with adjustable gears should have a piston stop, degree wheel, and dial indicator.

Thanks for letting the population know!

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Originally Posted by donniekak

Everyone with adjustable gears should have a piston stop, degree wheel, and dial indicator.

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This^^ since bolt on means you need to kind of know what your doing unless you keep it simple

But didnt 3sx admit there was a bad batch with one of the cam gear sets in the beginning, perhaps there are a few of these sets still floating around that they werent able to get recalled. I mean you do say they are a used set.

The original issue that I found on the other site was with the teeth and the timing belt not wrapping correctly on it. This set came from a running engine which would not have been possible on the old set:

original thread for those wanting to read it: 3SX custom cam gears, possible issue. - 3000GT/Stealth International Message Center

I don't know if Keyan is on this site but here is a video he took and posted on the other site of the issue he is seeing with his set.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=zAb3XO9qLyA

I had the original 3Sx fidanza gears and they were marked backwards, so it seems there are little issues with all of the iterations of this aftermarket product no matter who is making them. As an engineer, I can only hope that when they have a product R&D'd they have someone in-house that checks the proto-type and gives the ok on production after testing/measuring etc.. i never heard of issues with the unorthodox wheels though....

Thanks

yeah, im over here. just didnt know the thread was cross posted. thanks for posting the video.

also here are my pictures

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https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...41511993_n.jpg

this is what it looks like when you put them ontop of each other with the timing dots lined up. notice how the notch for the dowl is misaligned.


I do not have a spare valve cover so i am lining it up with horizontal. this is a stock cam gear
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...20837051_n.jpg

with the stock cam gear ever so delicately removed and the 3sx one installed SET TO ZERO, this is what it looks like

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...76602216_n.jpg


i also just confirmed that from the center mark of the dowl there are 9 teeth to the timing dot on the 3SX gears, and 8 teeth on the oem gear.


Please. Someone. Halp.

I want a refund. God. And i had to deal with 3SX during the improperly manufactured cam seals, too :mad:

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