View attachment 1715246127 Really hard to see. But, this is the lifter off of that lobe. Sucks not to know true issue. Can definitely see chunks of lobe getting stuck in the roller/wheel.
On the cars we caught in time before the lobe got wiped out, the roller's axle/bearing had gotten all wonky. The roller still rolled, but you could wobble it and it would "catch" every now and then if you played around with it a little. I've seen my share of wiped cams, but on those, the roller was totally wasted too, so no way to really tell which one went first.
If you're building one for a hot rod, I'd stick an SRT cam or something from Comp in it; eliminate MDS if equipped and you'll be fine. If you're using a new, stock cam, then definitely use new lifters with it and you'll likely be fine with your hot rod, compared to the mileage put on the LX, LC and Rams that have had the problem. I think the earliest we've had the problem on our abused patrol cars was over 30K.
