Who's lifters are you LA hydraulic roller cam guys running?
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LA hydraulic roller lifters?
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GMachineDartGT
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Comp cams. 10+ yrs and 2 motors.
dirty white boy
50 yr old Juvenal delinquent
still in the planning stages,..but the factory ones is that plan so far!
I'm using Melling replacement lifters in a 90 roller lifter LA block.
philcollins
Well-Known Member
Hughes cam and hydraulic roller lifters, 340 1969.
You have a factory Hyd roller cammed engine? Reuse the stock lifters.
Rhoades....
If a Factory Hyd Roller block, I use the OEM parts.
Nope. 74 360 block.
I can't, for the life of me find a GOOD 5.9 shortblock core or I'd pounce on that depending on price.
Check out MRL here,D,Doug.....
Crane.
Good source, thank you. But the math is better for me to use my LA block. Retrofit LA lifters here I come.
Let's us know who you use, what work is/was needed and how it works.
69valiant21
Well-Known Member
What rockers are those? Also what is that line in the valley? Are the Morels retrofit style?
They are a retrofit lifter. The customer brought me four totes with parts he sourced, including the ProComp rockers you see in the pic. He also wanted the crossover tube oiling mod, or I could have used the factory style lifters and spider. I pretty much had to make a less than optimal combo work. Funny thing is, he thinks he's saving money by supplying his own parts. In reality, he's paying more.
Being it is a Hyd. roller cam, he didn't have to do that correct?
Is it a must with solid roller cams?
What is wrong or not up to par with the way the MP books suggest?
Thanks
It's not about the lifter, it's about supplying the bearings with enough oil. I don't do it the way MP suggests, but as a builder, some things I have to keep under my hat.
yellow rose
Overnight Sensation
I'll keep mine under my hat too, but I refuse to add that tube. It's a waste of time and money and does zero to increase oil to the bearings.
I've posted this before, so I don't mind repeating it, but the reason the SBM runs out of oil is the oil timing is off. You can live with this depending on power and RPM. Mostly RPM. If everything is right, you can do 7800 RPM and get by. Over that, you have to correct the oil timing or it will kick the 3&4 rods out on a regular basis.
On board data logging has proven most guys don't turn the RPM in the car they thing they are.
Well Tim, I have my reasons for "my" crossover mod, and it isn't why MP says to do it. I don't modify the oiling system just because some book tells me to do it. I do it after a careful evaluation of the system as a whole. Where I see an issue, I correct it as much as possible.
I also have a Pontiac motor in the shop that will get a similar mod, and for the same reason.
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