Fresh engine, wiped cam? Tick? (new pics added)

Ok, so I just read through this whole thread...:shock:

Anyway, I thought I'd post up and share a few things. I have a 340 that I'm rebuilding with a Lunati 60404 and lunati lifters.

First off, I haven't installed the lifters yet, so they're all brand new with no oil. All of them rattle when you shake them, but its not because the upper cup is moving, its something else inside the lifter. The upper cup (where the pushrod rides) only moves if I push on it, and it has a pretty decent spring pressure behind it. It does not move if you tip the lifter back and forth as in the video. Seems to me that would indicate the springs inside the lifters are worn out or damaged.

Next- if you do decide to run a 60404, there's absolutely no way I would run it with stock rockers. The stock, stamped steel, non-adjustable rockers were just not intended to deal with that much spring pressure or lift. To be honest, I'm not sure I'd want to run a 60403 with stock rocker gear. I recently pulled a rocker off of the factory stock '71 318 in my Dart that was cracked.

I also have single valve springs installed, I was able to find a spring to match the spring seat pressure and still handle the lift without bind. But if you did upgrade I'd be sure to check your current springs are up to the task, I seem to remember the spring selection narrowing a bit once you get over .5" of lift. However, just for info, Lunati lists the same dual valve springs for their entire mopar Voodoo series, 60401 all the way to 60405, even though an '01 has a lift of .454/.475 and an '05 has a lift of .533/.552.