Breathing new life into the 318 in the Scamp!

Man, lifters are burning cold today!

Got a closer look at the cam. It looks fine. Same amount of break in wear as the other lobes, same amount of parkerizing, same pattern, etc. No gouges anywhere, no odd wear on the nose of the lift.

I hit the lifter with a dial caliper and got .9035"-.904" on it in several places, as well as another that broke in just fine.

All of that makes sense, though, because it didn't give me trouble when I checked the set installed, dry, as per their chart/ process.

The streaking on the lifter makes me wonder if the bore is a tad off, or if that small pitting had any contribution.

The bores mic out the same, across in an X pattern on the internal jaws of the caliper, 90° from each measurement.

I don't know if I can get a clean measurement out of the lifter bores with my caliper. I tried, but I was getting 1.0015-1.002" on two different ones, which leads me to wonder if the caliper's internal jaws are wacky. I should be seeing .9051"-.906" or so.

I wonder if I should buy the broaching tool and do it, or just clean and inspect the bore really well and try a new lifter with more break in lube? I'm going to check the oiling out on that lifter bore and make sure its getting good oil.