408 Stroker. Fresh build
no wait don't go
Rumble must have been thinking of a Magnum
I've had enough rocker ball problems to just do pushrod oiling as a SOP
That's "standard perating procedure" rumble
I've been pushing lifters with a narrow flat ground on the side like found on a stock 229 chevy V6
LA's do not get enough oil just flowing down past the lifters or splas
That's why edm lifters are mandatory for SFT cams
and I think the ground flat on hyd
I heard that someone has edm'ed hyd lifters but can't verify
if you have access to a magnetic plate grinder and a v block grinding the flats is dyi
Crower has a picture in their catalog
dart19666 gives members good guy prices if you can't diy
Thanks for the acronym tip.
And yes, also trying to cover a Magnum oiling as well.
Cruze completely ignores the OE post of unmodified oiling system which is fine for solid cam tappet use. The unmodified oil galley is a huge opening to each lifter on its side. How can this not be enough oil? It is impossible not to be. Increasing the rpm capability for a solid or solid roller tappet with a oil galley tube and peening with a drilled oil hole in each tappet hole of, let’s just say .030 is still enough to oil the tappets and cam. The EDM lifter is a great idea and worth there cost in a build you want to keep a very long time under heavy loads. However, even a standard tappet will live thousands & thousands of miles. Many of have been there and done that.
Where has Cruze been? And what did he do wrong or was done wrong to him? How come you and I can slap this together and his stuff in his experience fails?
In ether engine series, LA or Magnum, there is still oil coming down from the head. And it is a lot. I wouldn’t call it a good way to oil the tappets & cam. But yet, it falls down in buckets!
IMO, if anyone thinks the crank can sufficiently oil the cam and/or tappets by itself, there nutz! And why Cruze mentions “Try turning your rocker shafts around” is beyond me!
Why would you purposely build an engine wrong?!?!?!
Just to prove.... what now about oiling?
I don’t know what the rest of the world calls that but around here, we call it “*** Backwards!” And “Domed for Certain Failure!”
