Help with Valvesprings and valve float. Noob
Like I said, sell him the kit.
If it solves the problem, it’s his cheapest way out, and he gets the benefit of better performance without having to increase the spring loads.
Also, a lot of the lifter collapsing will have to do with pushrod oiling bleeding off lifter as well.
But....... you said, the lifters aren’t collapsing. They’re actually pumping up.
I'm sure the rpm problem was improved due to the solids, but it wasn't because the lifter was bleeding down. On the contrary, it was pumping up.
The lifters in that SB were set up every way under the sun by the owner trying to find some extra rpm out of it.
When I took it apart, they were set up right at “0” preload.
There wasn’t any pumping up going on with how it was when I took it apart.
I’m just pointing out that others, who should know what they’re talking about(Mike Jones).........instead of some nobody in Vermont who’s only been testing motors on the dyno since 1990(countless thousands of dyno pulls).......has also experienced lifters “collapsing”........ and the resulting loss of usable rpm at the top of the powerband......... that was solved by eliminating the collapsing lifters from the system.
