easy way to tell if i got a solid cam or hydraulic?
I simply do not understand how you came to this point in your life -- that is,
one day an engine fell out of the sky, and you said to yourself ??? solid or hydraulic.
LET'S SAY it IS a hydraulic cam, and DOES have hydraulic lifters
How did it get to the point that it has valve lash on (I guess you are saying) all the valves??
SOMEBODY had to adjust them this loose !!!
I think the only way you're gonna tell is either pull the intake manifold and yank out one or two or you might try ---
Take no1 ready to fire, stack feeler gauges in one of the valves until they are snug, then rotate the engine until that valve just starts to move a little, and tightens up the feelers, say, the valve moves 1/8" or so
NOW LEAVE IT ALONE over night. Come out in the morning and see if the lifter has leaked down, and the feeler stack is loose
i backed them all of to "0" lash,
If you run them at zero lash, and it is a SOLID lifter cam, you'll soon be burning valves. The whole reason for valve lash on mechanical tappet cams is to allow for expansion at warm up, so the valves are not held open
so what is the point of using the roller rockers with what i am almost sure is a hydraulic cam?
Roller or not rockers has nothing to do with whether the cam is hydraulic or solid lifters
