GDPzS2000

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Turtle
There's been one failure in the UK. Toda A2 cams, came parkerised.

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GDPzS2000

the header has been great to me, over 10000 miles and ran strong- bracket did not break on mine.

i can't help being frustrated at the camshafts... the day the engine seized i was on my way home from huntington beach. entered the 22 freeway onramp, was in fourth gear then downshifted to third to pass a car, all this going no more then 50 mph below vtec range, got on the gas again and the car wouldnt budge. it was like the s2 was bogging real bad, shifted back to fourth, no acceleration, shifted to 5th-nothing. put on the hazards, luckily my friend was behind me follwing me towards the next exit, i exited magnolia in neutral. when exiting on teh offramp my car shutoff, and i pulled into the corner gas station. once parked i tired starting the car but it seemed the battery was discharged, because all i heard was a clicking noise-was not cranking. so the next few days i got a hold of a new battery. strapped on the new battery and tried to start it, it started for i'd say a good second or two but had a LOUD metallic sound like parts were smashing against each other.. so before i couldnt turn it off the engine died by itself. probably the saddest day in my s2k ownership...towed it to autolink and they took apart the head and it didnt look good at all. the camshafts looked like the last two posts but worst, the parkerization(sp?) on teh lobes werent really a bubbled up look but more of scrapes off the lobe, like something took chunks of it off. then took the head off to check the block and the block was not good as well[pictures to follow]...

btw the install went totally well when i got the cams, the shop installed the toda valve springs and the cams to specs.

mikecl713

man this sucks..

Slows2k

I bought my now cracked Toda header from an authorized dealer, but that had no effect on the warranty. I'd be surprised if anyone has had Toda warranty anything. Sorry to read about the cam failures, I know of a local guy that broke the snouts of a set of Toda spec C's in his Integra. Toda's response was, must have been an installation error. No warranty.

marcucci

Unfortunately this is how most suppliers/sellers work. Skunk2 has had a problem with weak valve stems that pull through the keepers. Do you think they warranty these? Hell no. Sorry, those are race parts, no warranty.

Live and learn. If enough people stay away from Toda stuff maybe they will think twice next time before releasing a product and not testing it. There is absolutely no way in hell they released these cams after thorough testing, otherwise this would have come up. Skunk2 is equally responsible for poor product testing.

Silver9k

So, bringing this thread back from the dead...how have the Toda Cams been working MXT? How about anybody else, are these problems very previlent in the new versions of their cams? Are spec B and C prone to them as well?

BigpoppaHurtm

Im eager to know the results as well please

mxt_77

[QUOTE=Silver9k,Feb 13 2006, 07:33 PM]So, bringing this thread back from the dead...how have the Toda Cams been working MXT? How about anybody else, are these problems very previlent in the new versions of their cams?