Golen stroker engine

[Narfxj]

I just got my Jp August 2006 magazine in today. So I started to read and found somthing that I thought was very funny. On page 64 is the contiuation of The insane inline from Golen that they put in a XJ. Well to sum it up the motor failed. According to the article the guy was driving on the highway and the motor died. You guys gotta read the article it doesn't say much other than the cam and valves where the problem. I think the Golens is like $3200.
I would like to think for that price you would get more than 9000 miles out of a new engine. But I guess you get what you pay for. HAHAHA
I wounder if Golens did anything about this like as in warranty???

 

[Cjmartz2k]

It's $3300 plus shipping for a motor. They do warranty them, but you have to pay to ship if back and forth, and pull/install the motor yourself, so it's almost usless unless you live with in driving distance. I own one and will be very interested to hear more about it. Mines got less than 1000 miles on it so far.

 

[Dr. Dyno]

My stroker cost less than $1500 to build from the ground up using cherry picked parts so I could consider myself lucky that it's still going strong after 28k miles.
I know that Golen use the CompCams 68-239-4 cam for their strokers and I suspect the problem might be that the Comp Cams 926-12 valve springs that they use are too stiff, causing rapid lifter/cam lobe wear. The spring rate is a massive 415lb/in. Compare that to the 328lb/in. spring rate for the Crane 99833 springs (similar also for the Mopar 5249464 springs) and you can see something's not right.

 

[Somthor]

mine has 20k miles and is going strong, one failed engine doesnt mean that all the others are bad.

as far as im concerned he provides a excellent product

 

[Russ Pottenger]

My stroker cost less than $1500 to build from the ground up using cherry picked parts so I could consider myself lucky that it's still going strong after 28k miles.
I know that Golen use the CompCams 68-239-4 cam for their strokers and I suspect the problem might be that the Comp Cams 926-12 valve springs that they use are too stiff, causing rapid lifter/cam lobe wear. The spring rate is a massive 415lb/in. Compare that to the 328lb/in. spring rate for the Crane 99833 springs (similar also for the Mopar 5249464 springs) and you can see something's not right.

I agree with Dr. Dyno If the 926 Comp spring is used, it should go in at 1.800. Then the seat pressure would be around 108lbs and 316lbs @ .500 lift. Excessive spring pressure will kill cams, and make a noisy valve train. :soapbox: