Lifter Failure

I feel that all of the cam/lifter options for the street/strip crowd have potential pitfalls.

In my mind the possibility of a HR lifter having a mechanical failure has a lower probability of happening than having a FT cam or lifter fail.
It seems that on the car forums I frequent, a failed FT cam is almost a weekly occurrence.

That being said, for some applications a FT cam makes sense.
With that in mind, I have recently sold two HFT cams that will be getting used with the new DLC coated lifters from Comp.
Both of these cams utilize rather mild lobes and are being nitrided.
Fingers are crossed it will pan out.

One of these is a new build, the other is a simple in-car cam swap(downsizing).
I would have put a HR in the new build, but the customer just doesn’t like HR cams.