# LOL anyone on here buy a 3.5L or 3.9L GM car in the last few days here??

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**Created:** [September 22, 2006, 9:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-anyone-on-here-buy-a-3-5l-or-3-9l-gm-car-in-the-last-few-days-here/17859 "2006-09-22T09:29:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lol-anyone-on-here-buy-a-3-5l-or-3-9l-gm-car-in-the-last-few-days-here/17859/10 "2006-09-22T11:42:30Z")

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> [@HotRodKid](#):
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> bad cams is a VERY bad problem
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> the only thing worse is soft cranks or soft rods
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> when cams break, if they break in 2 places, thats a big chunk of steel that has to make it past the spinning crank w/o hitting anything … if it gets between the crank and block its instant catastophic engine failure
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> i once saw one of the early 80’s 60\* 173ci engines (IIRC) that blew apart from the same problem, a section of the crank was hanging out the side of the block
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> it doesnt help that cams are relativly soft to begin with, its usualy pretty easy to give one a wack on the ground and break it in 2 or 3 places

Sorry, I should have been more clear… I meant if there were enough cars affected to warrant a recall. But either way, you are right… they should call them back no matter how many cars they’ve made their way into. Shitty.

misteroman$$$: At least you’ll get overtime for this, right?

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