I'm with Jeff.

There is one of these threads every six months going back years it seems there are six or seven referenced in this thread alone. there is no excuse. If you drop off the planet every six months, fine. but don't continue to take peoples money, make promises, while you deal with life.

I am not out to cause any harm to John's business. Like I posted earlier, I have been a big supporter/defender and have done a fair amount of business in the past with him. But to get these two engines finished I have now had to file a dispute with Visa, buy cams from a different vendor and buy two sets of refurbished rockers outright as my core rockers are with John. This, after giving him 6 weeks of time and numerous calls and emails that never got returned. I had no choice.

We have never suffered delays with John in the past on orders and we have always been happy with the work. I hope he gets things back in order and can continue to grow and be successful.

Cheers

Use Web Cam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will try to stick with Dougherty, the man knows his cams,he is the best on his craft, WebCam is a "run of the mill" type, don't like em'., you guys can try Elgin, is where Dougherty got his knowledge (or at least part of it).,cheers.

I would have stuck with John, but the delay and lack of response to voicemail and email makes it impossible.

I was really happy with the last set of cams we got for a 3.4 from John, the motor had amazing power and a very wide power band and torque curve.

But, customers want to use their motors, so we need to be able to get parts.....

I like his work too. My cams are great. That really inst the point. I like my doctor too but if he took my money, and made me wait 6 months to see him, id find a new doctor...

I sent him an email a couple of days ago, asking for the value of a pair of 964 super cup grind cams I have for sale, and got a pretty quick reply.

The Cap'n

Yes, I lost my mother to cancer. Sucks for sure. Don't know what to say beyond that.

Per Gothberg should have already had his camshafts.
USPS, EC978530473US
Looks like they are still in customs.

Sorry to here that John.

Yes, that sucks. Sorry to hear that.

Per got the cams, they look great, and I believe he is half-way finished with the engine by now. I appreciate that you came through even in difficult times.

I think he will have the engine done in time, so I anticipate both his and my rep is safe. Seems less important in comparison, but anyway....


Thanks,

Johan

Sorry to hear of your loss Camgrinder and I'd like to say that I'm very happy with my DRC Super Cup cams and springs combined with DRC resurfaced rockers on my '87 930. Thanks JohnSmileWavy

I'm not sure how many of you have had issues with Webcams, but as a Ferrari engine builder I will not use them any longer. I've seen a couple sets of them wear prematurely and Web will not stand by their products. Recently, a Daytona motor with a special race grind lost a couple lobes after less than 2 hours use. Most of the lobes were fine, but their hard-welding clearly went awry on a couple of them and Web would not stand by it.

So from now on, I simply obtain cams from a good place in Europe called Cat Cams. Unfortunately they don't make Porsche cams. But strangely the cost of a new set of cams is only little more than having Webcams hard weld a grind. No brainer.

Cat Cams certainly do make Porsche Cams, both from chill cast blanks and from billet steel.

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/a...ne/CATCAMS.jpg

As per most of the European manufacturers the chill cast cams have four bearings at 49mm diameter but can be reduced to 47mm for the earlier carriers. They do have the plug for an MFI.

I just don't like the extra unsupported weight of the extra bearing on early engines and have just ordered some 3 bearing billet steel cams for a 1969 911S Engine that will be used in the FIA Historic Rally Championship and the price is very competitive.

For more basic regrinds - SC to 964 or Cup we use a local company in England.

They also make new cams from Chill Cast Blanks and are very competitively priced and we have used these cams for about 4 years now, again they only have 4 bearing blanks.
Welding up old cams, straightening and re-grinding isn't something I am keen to do on competition engines.

I am running john's dc40 cams in my track car and love them.

I also lost my mom to cancer a few years ago. For those who have not been through this, I hope you never have to. Cancer is a day by day thing. The docs tell you everything is going to be ok so you make plans to get on with your life (work) and then cancer throws a nasty curve ball at you.

Then there is the family bs because we all grieve differently. I've been in john's shoes and despite best intentions, it is impossible to get things done when cancer is killing a close loved one.

John, sorry to hear about your mom. Guys, cut the man some slack.

Sorry to hear about your mom, John.
I can't imagine what that would be like.

Oh brilliant. Kind thanks for posting this. I guess I haven't checked their website as well as I should have. I *love* their cams though.

John,
Please contact me concerning the shipment of my cams and rockers. You sent me an email on 5/15 stating they would be shipped by 5/22.
They are all I need to get my motor complete.
The driving season is slipping by for us in the northeast.

Michael Volpe

In the interest of being objective, I'd like to add my experience with John to the discussion. I delivered him my 3.2 cams and rockers/shafts last Friday for a 964 regrind and rebush/resurface/recondition of the rockers and shafts. Today! I received the finished work at my door via Fedex. That's less than a week's turn around time guys...The work looks beautiful and John even cut me a deal on the shipping charges. Whatever difficult times he's been through, it seems things are back on track. I would not hesitate to recommend his services or bring him more work in the future.

I wouldn't be too sure, he still has my left hand cam I sent back in January for a scavenge pump drive addition and refuses to return emails, phone calls, etc.. That is as poor a customer service as I've seen with the exception of our local PM who had my original heads for over a year doing a "valve job", he still has them and that was 6+ years ago. I gave up on John and will no longer be counted among his supporters. I went ahead and purchased new cams and refurbished rockers elsewhere.

Hi John

Still haven't heard from you! I need you to send me a check or some cams.