is it worth saving that extra 10-20 bucks on one of these? really can't go wrong with machining a plug but i'm concern about the seal material they use. anyone have any experience with these? reason i'm leaning towards this one is the natural finish and no logo because it's going to be partually blocked anyway. let me know what you think and any recommendations if any.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...%3AIT




Modified by sinister357 at 6:45 AM 6/6/2005

 

im sure that one will do the job but try looking for a str, if they still continued their product....have my str for 110k miles and still havent had a leak....my stock leaked at 80k

 

They are pretty much all the same thing. It is just 2 rubber o-rinrs around a block of alloy. I had an STR in my old car and it was the same thing as the ceap one i picked up off of e-bay. The only weird thing with the one you linked is the red o-rings. I wonder if they have a reason for that.

 

the red one is suppose to made from high temp silicome according to their website.

 

if you really needed high temp dont you think the valve cover seal would be high temp also??

Anyways it was only$0 and that is about the going cost for a ebay seal, so no harm no foul

 

A cam seal is a cam seal. If you like the nice shiny red one to dress up your bay then get that one.

 

lemme know how that goes, i need a new plug too

 

**** just go oem and save the money . i had a golden eagle leak on me (not knocking them i have a g e sleeved block ) but it does happen an oem seal is like 12$ GO WITH IT

 

just bought this azracing cam seal for under 15 bucks including shipping. will let you guys know how it turns out with the install.