Ok i recently bought a 90 crx dx. The guy that i bought it from thought the timing belt blew and it sat for 2 yrs then he decided to sell it for 250 bucks. The car is in great shape body wise he even put an aftermarket moonroof in. Ok so everything was goin fine the a friend of mine and i started to go and work on the motor and teh timing belt is still intact. Hmmmm ok so we take of the valve cover and he goes to turn the crank and i notice the camshaft on one side wasnt moving. WTF HE BROKE THE CAM!!!!! hmmmm oh well time to do a motor swap my friend has a dohc zc for me anyway

 

i don't believe you
stan

 

^^^^^ lol

what the hell could break a cam. damn.

 

is this tech?

 

i believe it, so much for your assumptions

 

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Hey 2005, no it's not. 12 doors down.

At least you're not complaining too much. What can a person expect for $250? I'll take a rolling chassis for $250.

 

bs.... i want pics.

 

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Hah, X 2

 

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i have know people to break cams, a buddy of mine broke his intake cam in two places....but this is on a high comp. motor.....

 

I believe it, I have seen three broken cam shafts in a couple of years.

1-Acura Vigor...........Lack of oil changes

2-1989 Civic wagon...Lack of oil changes

3-90 Civic................Lack of oil changes

see the pattern...

 

I forgot

4-1997Acura Integra......Lack of lubrication...snapped the intake cam

 

I bileve it also

 

The title is somewhat missleading. Its no big deal. You can pick that cam up from any junkyard for $10, or a whole head for like $30.

Good deal on the car though.


Modified by Deetz at 4:17 PM 3/29/2005

 

i picked up and 85 crx dx for free,, it had a snapped cam

 

But seeing as I'm just up near the Route 80/380 junction from you, I could probably come down and look with my own eyes!! lol! Did you buy it locally? I've only noticed one other local CRX and it was a black one that exited at the Tannersville exit. I followed it one night after reading of a black CRX that was stolen from down in southeastern PA the day or a few days before. It wasn't it. I'm sure you can get another cam from the Harry's U-Pull-it in either Allentown or Hazelton. I'm thinking of going there this Saturday morning if my wife doesn't have any thing for me to do. Lots of dead Civics to pick and choose from.

 

its a dx... just throw the stupid motor away.

 

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damn I was expecting a good one...

I broke a D series cam once, held it like a bat, and clunked it against the ground once, SNAPPED right in half

 

so your friend has a dohc zc cam that you are gonna put in there?

 

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^^^^^^

 

Sounds like one hell of a deal to me.

 

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That's FUCKEN AWESOME....thats about as bad as me lighting my buddy's oil pan and knocking all the "bottom-out" dents....with a 25lb s.hammer.
I LOVE IT!!!!

 

Hmm, I chipped off a part of the cam lobe about the size of my pinky due to a pin falling out of the rocker arm assembly. Locked up the engine like whoa

 

ya know...to ask a question...whats the unbelievable part? the car for 250.00 is more astonishing to me than the cam broken...

 

i actually live in east stroudsburg, i should come take a look at this. who'd you buy the car from??

 

You better hope it wasn't from lack of oil,like low oil presure.