Hydraulic lifters

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Johnson lifter is a very good source for lifters. Iirc its one of about 4 that actually make them and then sell to rebranders. If your game, you can run solids on your hydro cam with about .008-.014 added lash . It's gonna rob your lift and a little bit of your duration but will extend your rpm. range
 
pishta said:
Johnson lifter is a very good source for lifters. Iirc its one of about 4 that actually make them and then sell to rebranders. If your game, you can run solids on your hydro cam with about .008-.014 added lash . It's gonna rob your lift and a little bit of your duration but will extend your rpm. range
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Standard solids from them ?
 
I bought some Johnson dumbell solids for my 273, listed for a Chrysler outboard! Same part number but a cheap Ebay listing that the guy threw in 4 more for a V8.
 
I bought a Hughes HFT cam and lifter set in 2000 that was still going in 2004,when the cam dropped lobes. My fault; that was right after an oil-change, and I learned about ZDDP.
Next cam was one size bigger and again a new set of Hughes and their "better" C-clip lifters." That second cam now has about 50,000 miles on, with no trouble.
I don't recall what my spring pressure is, but the engine goes 7200 and more.
 
AJ/FormS said:
I bought a Hughes HFT cam and lifter set in 2000 that was still going in 2004,when the cam dropped lobes. My fault; that was right after an oil-change, and I learned about ZDDP.
Next cam was one size bigger and again a new set of Hughes and their "better" C-clip lifters." That second cam now has about 50,000 miles on, with no trouble.
I don't recall what my spring pressure is, but the engine goes 7200 and more.
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Thank you.
 
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moparker said:
Who makes the best, trouble free lifters?
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I won't say that Hughes lifters are. I can only report my experience.
In previous discussions about lifters, the scuttlebutt was that there only one or two hydraulic lifter manufacturers in the USA. IDK if that is true. And I also do not know if Hughes lifters are one of those. (Edit; Pishta thinks there could be four companies.)
Furthermore, I only run about a half a turn to 3/4 turn, of preload on them, and if or when they tick, I'm in no hurry to tighten them up. When they tic, they are fully pumped up and acting like a solid-lifter, and the duration may be slightly less on whichever one(s) is/are ticking., Which is no big deal in my combo. But to be clear, they quiet right up during/after the adjustment
 
Stanadyne makes a good lifter. Racer brown is the contact for purchase. They also have a ceramic lifter that has awesome reviews. Think they are made by johnson but not sure.
 
"...Go back five years ago and there were a bunch of U.S. companies making flat-tappet lifters -- Eaton, Delphi [GM], Stanadyne, and Hylift [Johnson]. Within about a three-month window, two out of the four went out of business. Eaton decided it no longer wanted to be in the flat-tappet business --there was no volume -- and it sold out to Stanadyne, which initially added no capacity and in fact shut Eaton's line down. Hylift -- the premiere supplier of Johnson lifters to major cam companies as well as aftermarket suppliers such as Federal-Mogul -- went through one of those corporate scandals we've sadly become all too familiar with before going bankrupt...Major cam companies, including Comp and Crane, maintain that they never sacrificed lifter quality or sold inferior lifters. "We figured we were better off selling nothing than selling junk," says Crane's Chase Knight. Yet some engine builders insist there was a definite durability difference in lifters produced prior to '01 compared to some later production runs. At present, GM continues in business with a good lifter, Stanadyne has finally geared up again (it currently has about 70 percent of the lifter market), and Johnson is back in business. But the off shore stuff still permeates the market, and many budget hot rodders are tempted to use them even on name-brand cams because the price is so low compared to the quality U.S.-made parts. Unfortunately, without lifter disassembly, it's nearly impossible for the average hot rodder to identify its manufacturer -- and, hence, its quality. One exception is genuine GM/ACDelco/Delphi tappets...."
 
Schubeck makes some badass ceramic lifters too, I believe.
 
I've had decent luck with Eaton hydraulic lifters, though it'll probably be solids for me for here on out.
 
Crower has some lifters that are camsaver lifters. They have a grooved design to aid in more oiling. They probably are good? I used the mopar ones with the mopar cam I used.
 
QuickDart360 said:
Crower has some lifters that are camsaver lifters. They have a grooved design to aid in more oiling. They probably are good? I used the mopar ones with the mopar cam I used.
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I have those in my Ford 400 under the work table, waitin to go in Gladys.
 
Schubeck, Sorry to say they aren't around anymore. Great lifters. My buddy has a 340 F /Stocker and has used the same lifters in 3 engine cam changes.
 
How would I be able to figure out if those would work?
 
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