Johnson Roller Lifters

I’m not going to speculate on the difference in power between using a roller versus a flat tappet but it’s probably not felt in the seat of the pants. My reason for leaning towards the roller is to avoid the bad reputation of flat tappet lifters as of late. Seems I’m seeing more and more lifter failures. Is this due to inferior production, difference in today’s oils, or operator error?
All of the above
If you are speaking of hydraulic flat tappet failures you are correct.
Just research the failure of hydraulic roller lifters if you want a real eye opener, I speak from experience. Unless I was to build a balls out racing engine everything I put together will have solid flat tappet lifters. I am done with hydraulics flat or roller.