Rhoads hyd flat tappet lifters setup confused?

Just coat the lifters before installing.

A lot of people bash the lifter because it makes cam timing shorter and creates a very wide lobe separation. Wide lobe separations kill bottom end torque as seen on a otherwise pair of cams ground with the same moves but at different degrees of separation. An example would be a cam ground on a 108 vs one ground on a 118.

The lifters also have a auditable tick. This drives people crazy. I myself, well, IDGAF. It doesn’t bother me.

The lifter box says it will increase torque, and it does by the reduction in duration. A lot of people use it as a band aid fix for the wrong cam. Or a wrong stall converter. Others try and use them to spread the cams power band as far as possible with these lifters ability to take out 10-15 degrees of duration. This can be advantageous for some. I’ve seen (heard talk at the meets) there use on the intake only and exhaust only as well.

Why exhaust only? IDK...

I’ve used them before and have had zero issues with them. They have always worked as designed & as stated by Rhodes. They are a good quality lifter.