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fstfish66 said

ram charger,,,question about wiping your cam ???

im not trying to be a know it all,, was the cam a hyd ? or solid??

i have a friend that installed a new mopar cam, hyd,,but he made the common mistake of soaking the lifters in oil before installing,,that was his problem,, im sure that wasnt your mistake,, just curious,,, if wiping your cam was just a isolated problem,, maybe not oil related as you said,,

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Sorry it took so long to respond. It was a hydraulic flat tappet. Nope, didn't soak the lifters and lubed the lifters sides with synthetic 10W-40 to promote rotation. Used the very heavy cam break in grease on the lobes and lifter foot that came with the cam. Primed the oil pump before start up. I have plenty of oil pressure (70 psi @ 2500+ rpm under load on the road hot :) )

The cam was a very mild Crane with about 310 lbs open on the springs. I swapped it out for a Lunati that was a touch milder and used the same springs. Dropped the oil pan, cleaned out the pump stabbed in the Lunati and degreed it, broke it in with the aforementioned oil and additive and have had no problems since. I've got some pics of the cam somwhere the board, I'll post a link if I find it. I caught the problem before it got really bad. When I measured the lobe, it had lost only about .020 off the top. It still sucked though. Man what a pain in the ***.