Has anybody installed a solid roller in to there 5.2 or 5.9 and just let it rip? Any mods before hand?
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5.9 & a solid roller
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Are you talking about just the block as a magnum base or more about the magnum heads?
Comp 8043-16 solid rollers are Pushrod oiling and oil the rollers I think your 1008-16's would work as well
custom pushrods
Better rockers (I believe you can use chevy aftermarket for the mag heads)
Better springs (K-motion is what I recently used)
I used a normal LA milodon bronze distributor gear in my 5.9 block
Comp 8043-16 solid rollers are Pushrod oiling and oil the rollers I think your 1008-16's would work as well
custom pushrods
Better rockers (I believe you can use chevy aftermarket for the mag heads)
Better springs (K-motion is what I recently used)
I used a normal LA milodon bronze distributor gear in my 5.9 block
famous bob
mopar misfit
I don't know squat about small block mopars , but keep reading about chevy stud mounted rockers working on some of them.
I have a 1/2set of scorpion lifetime guaranteed 1/6 rockers/ for 7/16 studs if anyone can use them, just dam near it brand new--
Yup. Just the Magnum block.
Not the heads. I have the W series @ the ready.
besides the shaft oiling problems, I think it will be pretty straight forward.
these t&d rockers look like they oil from pushrod. Although they are expensive. (I already had a decent set of rockers and i'm cheap, which is why I modified my cheapo heads.)
http://tdmach.com/product/small-block-chrysler-w2w5-econo-head-single-shaft/
@Toluene56
Well, all this head talk is nice. But you haven’t answered my question.
Sorry, I thought my question was point blank and simple but obviously not since you & famous bob wanna talk heads.
Well, all this head talk is nice. But you haven’t answered my question.
Sorry, I thought my question was point blank and simple but obviously not since you & famous bob wanna talk heads.
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Well you already have the taller lifter bores and I didn't have to bush anything. The milodon bronze gear kit fit in my.mag block just fine. I used a Howard's billet solid roller cam for an la and it works so far. I didn't do any actual block mods beside finding the proper lifters.@Toluene56
Well, all this head talk is nice. But you haven’t answered my question.
Sorry, I thought my question was point blank and simple but obviously not since you & famous bob wanna talk heads.
Oh wow that’s cool. How high you spin that machine?
well I only have about 30miles on this engine. Just finished it. I did have one point hitting the gas and it zipped to 6k quicker than I could blink. After a few more miles i'll lean on it some more to see how she rev's out. But so far so good.
in a couple weeks when the mud and snow start to dwindle I'll get to play more. I wouldn't think I would need to rev it much past 6500.
Well then! May the sun goddess smile on your area and breath warmth.
360duster
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I´m also interested in a solid roller cam, do have a pre-magnum LA-Block factory equipped with hydraulic roller lifters. As far as i understand, some solid roller lifters can be used without any block mods - it would be great if you can tell the part no´s and manufacturerers of these....and why these are ok to use. I always read about block mods with solid rollers....but really do not know the cause. Thanks!
Michael
Michael
turboking15
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I remember reading somewhere that guys were making aluminum spacers and putting them inside stock magnum lifters and running them with solid rollers. Ill have to dig around to see if i can find the thread.
Plum Crazy R/T
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My engine builder did put spacers in the stock magnum lifters making them solid. We are running the now solid lifters with a Crane hydraulic roller cam. The engine is turning 7000 -7200 rpm in the traps.
There used to be a guy that put a spacer in them that only allowed ~.020 movement. Just enough to have a cushion effect I think. Not a true solid lifter but pretty close. He made them in batches years ago.
Wouldn't a true solid roller lifter be lighter than the OE hydraulic lifter? That seems like a good upgrade.
Wouldn't a true solid roller lifter be lighter than the OE hydraulic lifter? That seems like a good upgrade.
belmateo
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Thanks 1994redram.
just checked out the thread, too bad the pics are no longer on there.
just checked out the thread, too bad the pics are no longer on there.
MOPAROFFICIAL
Oogliboogli
Stack washers in them.
I don’t have a scale on hand to measure grams but I do have both lifters available for weighing. That is a good question though.
This is a stock Magnum block correct?
Any oil mods done?
Hate that place. Besides, I wouldn’t bother with trick Hyd. roller lifter upgrades. Just go with the right & better roller to begin with.
Ok so your question is about a magnum short block with W heads, right? If that's right, just have the Magnum block deck drilled through for rocker shaft oiling and chose your poison for W series valve gear. Right? Any competent machine shop could do it. Hell, for that matter, someone good with a drill press could set it up, I imagine.
No
There were W head assumptions.
While I will be using W5’s up top later, there is no question about there use or set up from myself.
My question has nothing to do with the W heads.
The question is,
“Who has installed a solid roller in a 5.2/5.9 and let it rip?
Any mods done? Like oiling, lifter bore correction, etc....
That’s a 50/50 because you can get gear to oil the W2/5 via pushrods (TD) or the regular LA method of oil up through the block into the heads.
Myself as well.
Ok, thanks for clearin that up. The whole W head thing was blowin my mind. I was thinkin, where the heck did that come from.
I don't know if he has done it or not, but maybe @Bighead440 will chime in.
MopaR&D
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I poked around the Hughes site and they sell their "Race Max" solid roller lifters for Magnums; listed as having 270 grams weight, 1.756" seat height (about .500" less than a factory hyd. roller) and oil pressure fed to the roller bearing axles and pushrods. For $655 + fees, plus it sounds like they're meant to work without block mods... I'd rather do that than a heavy factory lifter stuffed with washers lol
Hughes Engines
Hughes Engines
Welllllll, it depends on what your doing I guess. If it works, it works. I don’t remember hearing out prior to yesterday
Oh yea, no problem Bobby!
Toluene56, remembered I have W5’s at the ready. (Close to it) and assumed correctly that is where there going but that is not (and hopefully not) an issue. He listed the TD set up, which is where I want to go. I could do a standard LA W 2/5 set up as the head can oil through. But not the block as cast of course.) It’ll be a while before I get there.
(WAS hoping to be there already but.....)
I was just wondering who may have installed a whopper of a cam and gone racing with a Magnum block and if they did anything. So guys are daring/smart/stupid (?) and will just stick it with a monster cam and go.
Enquirering minds wanna know......
Because ya never know
You could always run a high volume oil pump, drill the block and oil BOTH ways. lol
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