Magnum heads on a 74' 318 LA

Robbie2734 said

Yes, I just had the car out today. Sorry about the mail box, my wife passed away a while ago and I haven't been on here much. Question, what was the problem you had with the lifters??? I used a roller cam from Bullet and it works fine for me. I did go to adjustable roller rockers to get the correct lash. I used a dual plane magnum I got here, the combo works good. Next step is FI!

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Sorry to hear about your wife....

I have a 73 LA360 with the Edelbrock heads, we did a roller cam (comp, .574 lift, hollow pushrods), SBC roller rockers (Edelbrock uses them for their heads) and I get little to no oil at the top end, and it's ridiculously noisy. Found out the builder missed a plug behind the oil filter plate, wasn't getting filtration, but still noisy... can't drive the car, concerned about wear. I have an LA Intake (Edelbrock) and my Magnum heads were drilled for the LA intake, eventually a port injection but currently FAST EZ-EFI. I had Comp Lifters (recommended by Edelbrock) then tried the Hughes Engines lifters (Morel)... but then never stay in adjustment, and ... valve covers inside are completely dry... so I don't think I'm getting oil to the top.