Im sooo freakin pissed...., need to let it out... Options

[lubu]

I bought a halftcut last yr (aug) and it had 3 months warranty on it. Done the compression test across 4 cylinders and they all good. So we did the auto to manual conversion. Popped the 3s in, had a bit of a problem with the rear mount but got that sorted out. Everything seems good ...

My mate finished the wiring and he fired her up yesterday, she idles good, revs good but he heard a knocking sound coming from the motor, he turned her off , took the intercooler out, took the camshaft cover out and by god.....he couldnt believe his eyes.

The camshafts arent toyotas, not aftermarket. Not even close, it looks like it made from some cheap doggy sh*t company, they're grinding against the cover and for some f*cking retarted reasons they installed backward.

We kinda know something was up with this engine, since we got it out we noticed the turbo has been sandblasted, the flywheel just changed and hasnt even seen its first 1000km yet, a few things here and there are just recently changed. It looks like the engine was kinda rebuilt (maybe just cosmetically rebuilt), at first I was kinda excited thinking to myself "WOOHOO I scored". Today, im pissed.

The thing is I cant claim warranty for the halftcut coz its been over 10 months since we started the conversions although we just started her up yesteday. I shouldda test run it when I first got it

Anyways will the camshafts installed backward harms the engine? We havenot yet run her on the road, as soon as my mate heard the knock he turned her off, the knocking could have been from cams grinding against the cover but who knows, could be more serious than that. I really hope changing the cams will fix everything up, I already spent too much money and time on this project..

Im just really sad and angry.

[lubu]

I just went to my mate's house this evening, and here are some pics:




Apparently only one cam is backwards and both are unidentified. I took a look at the cams and notice that the surface area in the blue circle is scratched (implying incorrect circumference)..there is also a little rod (red circle)for some sort of sensor (obviously the sensor isnt there). The exhaust cam are exact same the intake cam, yes they are twin. Both are intake cams but for some reason one was used in place of the proper exhaust cam. Also notice the area sorround the seal, they are damn clean...normally there is a bit of oil around these areas.

Doggy?
I know.

Some nuts and bolts from the cam's cover arent Toyotas, the engine itself start up fine, idles, revs but there are clapping & hissing sounds coming from the cam area. We guessed the clapping sounds is due to the cams : off-timing or the facts that they are the wrong set of cams and one is backwards. The hissing sound probably is because the fuelrails isnt sealed properly. Apart from the sounds it runs like a dog and doesnt look like anything else is damaged