snapped camshaft

[matthunter1448]

well i thought i blew up my motor. well turns out i snapped a camshaft
could anyone explain how this happened or have any clues
it ran fine then one day just blew
and would the bottom end still be in good condition since this happened


here's pics

[Andrevas]

probably not, unless you just happened to not have your pistons collide with your valves

[Domdogg123]

aftermarket or stock?

[matthunter1448]

supposably the cams were aftermarket(i'm going to call the guy i bought the motor from tomorrow and find out for sure) but the motor was completely stock just boosted at 12 psi

[SATAN]

That fricken sucks!

[FreeLanceBum]

That blows.

[William86Turbo]

Thats pretty weird. I wouldnt expect to see that... Unless they are aftermarket... Thats bullshit. Feel sorry for you.

[OR-Zman]

Definitely let us know what brand they are if in fact they turn out to be aftermarket. That is just crazy.

I wouldn't think the bottom end would be damaged. When that cam broke the valves may have hit the pistons but that shouldn't have done much other than make a little mark on the top of the pistons. I would be more concerned with that cylinder head.

[matthunter1448]

well i'm pulling it off today so we will see

[MrwassmanNA2T]

Dam, that takes some skill

[Gritt]

i remember hearing before that if the timing belt was too tight that it could snap a shaft. i`m not sure i believe that however

[2+2turbo]

autoworkZ wrote: i remember hearing before that if the timing belt was too tight that it could snap a shaft. i`m not sure i believe that however

i dont believe it , considering the belt is made out of rubber and string ? and the cam is made out of steel! , maybe if we had chains and they were adjusted too tight..

[matthunter1448]

so heres the pics of the pistons. i'm taking the heads to the shop tomorrow so...





and shouldn't the edges of the pistons be smooth and not rough like the second pic

[2+2turbo]

yeah it looks like you had a UFO in the combustion chamber.. something bouncing around , were valves in one piece???

[matthunter1448]

ya they seem to be in one peice there were no chucks of metal when i got the heads off so..guess so