Help alleviate my anxiety - engine was noisy on startup

512Stroker said

Well IDK
Your reasoning is sound.
I have been starter prelubing a 340 with bull **** retro fit Comp hydraulic rollers for 3 years and I have had zero issues.
Close to 4k miles and many many starts hot and cold.
I always said this ***** was a unicorn.

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Call some lifter manufactures or call some cam companies and ask them how many failures they see a year from building oil pressure cranking on them. You can also call LAT, Driven or Torco and ask them about it.

I have no doubt you are doing it. Sometimes it doesn’t matter with a HR and moderate spring loads.

But a SFT or a solid roller with even normal spring loads for street driving (which is now 280 on the seat minimum) will certainly be less likely to survive much of that.