I'm sorry to hear about you cam. At least it didn't cost you any downtime.

I remember the first generation of skunk cams had problems with breaking, but you could also have over tensioned your timing belt though. I hope you can get a replacement from skunk though, stuff like this just sucks. If it breaks while your car isn't running... that's just not a good testament to the quality of their work. A cam just shouldn't break. (At least the cam didn't break while your car was running). As for your questions about the ctr cam, I don't know where it stands relative the the skunk cam. But what I do know is that the latest itr cams are just as aggressive as the ctr.