360 hydraulic lifter valve lash

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Are you sure? :D:D:D

I've never measured the lifter travel before, but .090 seems a little short to me. Maybe someone could confirm that on another lifter. May be right though? The reason i'm bringing it up is if that's all the travel you have, it seems you'd have to be careful about too much preload? I could see the possibility of some float if they pumped up very much at higher rpm's.

Bare with me, i'm just trying to learn, Rick