order a custom cam they said,

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I don't mean to insult you. It just sounds too good to be true. I am also amazed that it isn't something that I have heard about before now.
I lost 3 cams in 2 different engines due to lobe and lifter failure so I am skeptical about this. That is why when I went to a solid cam, I was really happy to learn of the oiling feature of the EDM lifters.
Again, No Offense, I am still surprised at the idea of this.
 
I don't mean to insult you. It just sounds too good to be true. I am also amazed that it isn't something that I have heard about before now.
I lost 3 cams in 2 different engines due to lobe and lifter failure so I am skeptical about this. That is why when I went to a solid cam, I was really happy to learn of the oiling feature of the EDM lifters.
Again, No Offense, I am still surprised at the idea of this.
I'd be less offended if you just said I can't believe I learned something from an idiot like you...lol..
 
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Resurfacing used lifters is 100 year old technology.

When I was a 14 year old kid we had a valve grinder with the lifter resurfacing attachment in the gas station I worked at... And at my high school shop.

You have to put away those catalogs and quit visiting those web pages that convince you to buy all those shiny objects they sell!

(Just wait until he hears way back when you could grind a rod journal or bore a block without pulling the engine!)
 
Tell them it is for an antique automobile. There is no duty on stuff for antiques. Kim
Kim...it's usually not the duty, but the taxes they charge you at Customs when the value is over about $100. I've never paid duty on any car parts I've brought in from the US, but then, I can go to my airport and clear them through customs myself....saves UPS/FedEX/whoever fees!
 
Darwin, u r correct. When my sister remembers to tell them at the border that it’s for an antique car they tell her to have a nice day. If she forgets they charge the taxes and then again sometimes not. Kim
 
Resurfacing used lifters is 100 year old technology.
You have to put away those catalogs and quit visiting those web pages that convince you to buy all those shiny objects they sell!
Maybe the practice of resurfacing fell out of favor when the prices of Chinese made lifters became common ?
 
They can’t be resurfaced flat. They have to have a concave surface so they rotate. So I wonder how they do that. Kim


Uhhh, they have a CONVEX surface not concave. If it's concave, you are in the poop.

If you google lifter resurfacing machines you can see what they look like. Been around forever.

As Krooser said they used to make attachments for valve grinders to resurface lifters.

The real issue is lifters have gotten cheaper so the unit price is through the floor. If you have the machine and it's paid for you can make some money. To go and buy a machine isn't cost effective.

Plus, unless I know the history of the lifter, I never resurface a hydraulic lifter. The hydraulics wear out.
 
Cant find cam card on phone, im away from laptop til next week.bullet racing cams, mild, 489 lift, 108 wih 4 degrees advance ground in, split pattern, cant remember offhand the other specs
 
No, I am serious. I have thrown away lifters too many times to count. It would be great to be able to reuse them. Thing is, I have NEVER heard of this before. Sure, Schubeck used to make those ceramic coated solids that could be reused, swapped to different lobes, etc but a regular lifter like this?

Yes, cam grinders can touch up lifters.
 
Speaking of ceramic coatings, does anyone think ceramic coating could be applied to regular flat tappet lifters and hold up to the punishment of a race engine. Kim
 
Schubeck (spelled wrong) have ceramic on the riding surface
Used by stocker..no break in
Reusable on other cams. Need high spring pressure. Very expensive
 
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