They look a lot like the 822 Comp Cam lifters I have now.
Lunati Hydraulic FT Cam users..........
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Depends on the level of performance. The advantages are you can go 10 years and never pull a valve cover and never hear the ticking of an adjustable rocker. All new performance engines are running hydraulic lifters - - up to and over 800 hp.
j par
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well you're comparing apples to oranges these aren't new modern engines with 800 horsepower LOL.. thought that I would go 10 years without an adjustment but I could probably go two or three even with my car as much as they get driven..
Seeing as how this is probably not for your Dodge truck I mean your newer Magnum one and likely not for your Magnum van I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is either for the racetrack or one of the Dusters? All three of which should have at least a set of $150 273 rockers and a good solid lift cam....
I've used solid on a hydraulic cam In effect making it smaller.
I used Rhoads for the same thing, made it smaller bellow 3000, the would give 318wilrun to use a cam one step hotter.
Rhoads provide more idle vacuum, about 2 pounds more at idle.
PS don't waste your time hating on Rhoads, they work and will spin to 7000 RPM reliably .
Back when I was building a lot of engines for people back in the mid to late 80s, Lunati cams and lifters was ALL I used. I just used whatever lifter they had in their cam and lifter set. They had the wire retainers. I never had one single problem including the retainers popping out or wiped lobes. Not one. Course, that was back then. I don't know if you were asking for recent experience, but that's mine.
It's not a debate. I didn't ask "should I go solid or hydraulic". Oh, I have adjustable 273 rockers and pushrods BTW. My question was simple, what lifters are people running (or ran) on their lunati hyd FT cam.
Not from experience, but I "hear" some folks are having problems with the lunati lifters they give you in their kit. I understand there aren't many lifter manufacturers, so I was just seeing what folks were using and having luck with matched to their lunati hyd FT cam.
I understand. I think "they all" go through issues over time.
It is really sad that things have gotten to the point of having to even worry about this stuff. Quality has gone out the window, replaced by an insatiable desire for profit at all costs. Name brands mean very little these days.
We had some Comp hyd flat lifters go bad here. Collapsed and would not pump back up. This was a couple of years ago.
We had some Comp hyd flat lifters go bad here. Collapsed and would not pump back up. This was a couple of years ago.
I agree 100%. Although, I've had great luck myself and haven't had any issues to this point, I realize "the next one" may be the one... lol
j par
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Everything is debatable..
Sometimes it's a very small debate and then sometimes it's the master debate...lol...
j par
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Tiddlywinks..
Well, I got the Lunati Micro Trols on the way. Are they a good quality lifter? I hope so. I guess only time will tell.
LOL.... But I'm sure I'll be firing mine up before you, or else I'd wait and see your results!
LOL.... But I'm sure I'll be firing mine up before you, or else I'd wait and see your results!
I have no doubt you will!
and I wonder why you are still using a solid flat tappet and didn't upgrade to a solid roller. lol
Phreakish
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Not a lunati cam but I run their microtrol lifters. Sample size of 16, but so far so good. I was impressed by them right out of the package.
I work in manufacturing and there are certain details that stand out. The comp lifters in my build before last felt and looked cheap. The lunati looked and felt good.
I didn't pump them up before setting preload, then primed the daylights out of the engine before firing it off. I just finished a manifold swap and checked on them while I was in there. They look new and the plungers were all rock solid. No collapsing (my melling, comp, and Howard lifters all lost the "check" function of the check valve shortly after install and would compress stupid easy after maybe 2hrs of run time).
I picked up my lunati lifters around November last year, for what that's worth.
I work in manufacturing and there are certain details that stand out. The comp lifters in my build before last felt and looked cheap. The lunati looked and felt good.
I didn't pump them up before setting preload, then primed the daylights out of the engine before firing it off. I just finished a manifold swap and checked on them while I was in there. They look new and the plungers were all rock solid. No collapsing (my melling, comp, and Howard lifters all lost the "check" function of the check valve shortly after install and would compress stupid easy after maybe 2hrs of run time).
I picked up my lunati lifters around November last year, for what that's worth.
512Stroker
We are all here because we are not all there.
I understand what you are asking for.read the title again, then read my question in post 1 again. And read it slow this time.... Question is specific about Lunati Hydraulic FT cams, and what lifters people have used on them. That's why it says Lunati Hyd FT cam USERS... in the title. Are you a user of a Lunati FT Hyd cam?? GREAT, please tell me what lifters you used, i'm interested.
Are you suggesting that Lunati cams are different? To my understanding Lunati hydraulic cams have no special requirements for lifters, you could run any brand of hydraulic flat tappet. Problem being is that most are junk. I have had problems with Comp Cam lifters no pumping up. I know that some members have old Mopar OEM lifters reground and use them with confidence.
Phreakish
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Those of us who like them don't want to share ;) LOL
Hopefully that's a good sign. lol
read the title again, then read my question in post 1 again. And read it slow this time.... Question is specific about Lunati Hydraulic FT cams, and what lifters people have used on them. That's why it says Lunati Hyd FT cam USERS... in the title. Are you a user of a Lunati FT Hyd cam?? GREAT, please tell me what lifters you used, i'm interested.
My 360 stocker has a Lunati cam that I got used with the lifters and adjustable rockers, I put clips in the lifters.
Next move will be the Crower Camsaver lifters.
Crower Camsaver Hydraulic Lifters 66031X3-16
Crower Camsaver Hydraulic Lifters 66031X3-16
j par
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all that time and expense and still have the slowest stroker on the internet damn it! LOL... I don't know what does yellow rose cause like stepping over donuts to pick up turds or something like that LOL the constant trying to use Factory parts like factory stamped rockers and hydraulic lifters along with Slick's Doug headers aluminum heads and even in some cases dual-quad manifolds LOL isn't it time?..
I was going to go solids but I thought of his car and seen they didn't work, so I'm going hyd FT.... 7k into just performance parts for the motor and burp'n mid 12's...
All right, you and RRR may have convinced me to go this route... microtrol !
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