Sure, you CAN make power past 5,900 with aluminum heads, aftermarket cam, intake, carb etc.
But with THAT cam? With the rest of his combination? You're not considering the rest of the build or his plan.
And I didn't say anything about solid cams not being reliable. But again, we're not talking about a /6, or a Model A, or a Farmall are we? None of those are relevant to this build, or even to the aftermarket solid lifter cams available. My point in general, and it's completely backed up by the fact that this thread has gone 11 pages and only has a handful of on topic replies, is that you guys are pushing the OP to build something other than what he wants. Because you're chasing performance that he doesn't need, because drag racers are always focused on "peak" and nothing else.
11 pages debating sold vs hydraulic lifters when the entire point of the thread was to ask about Lunati cams with hydraulic flat tappet lifters and I'm the one taking it "into the next stratosphere"? Not a single post from you in this thread has been relevant to the original question. Probably because you have no relevant experience to add on the topic, but I'm the one out of line.
And I said nothing about the original solid lifter engines. But they're as irrelevant to this discussion as some wild solid lifter cam the OP doesn't want. I've put hundreds of thousands of miles on solid lifter engines, that wasn't the point here.
And? They all have to work together. If those lifters give the OP what he wants, who cares if the lifters or the cam cost more? If this is about performance how come suddenly when it comes to lifters you're a cheap skate?
