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Guys that race and turn RPMs well above 6000? Well, that leaves ME out....
There's quite a few 1000+ hp guys at our track now, which I'm sure all have rollers and not all fail. Attention to lash, and newer tech lifters help negate the issue for sure. But after seeing guys putting cars on trailers after going to roller gave me the willy's for years. I'm into reliability and enjoyed zero issues with flat tappet race cams .. but now we will see how the roller works out.Ca
Can you share the details?
I know of one: Red Zones, 900 hp, 900 lbs and 0.90” over the nose, 350 passes.
And my point is that just about everytime the subject comes up with running a street roller on a lolly-pop street cam lobe the fear mongers come out and talk about filling your motor up with needles. You’d never guess that we used them for 40 years before the days of: “you have to use bushed rollers.”
Also, word of bushed roller failures are popping up.
Again, buy quality.
Guys that race and turn RPMs well above 6000? Well, that leaves ME out....
One more piece of advice I can offer is to make sure the new pushrods don’t rub on the heads anywhere. Assuming they will be 3/8” diameter since .080” wall thickness was mentioned? Be sure to rotate by hand with the valve covers off and check for clearance![]()
There's quite a few 1000+ hp guys at our track now, which I'm sure all have rollers and not all fail. Attention to lash, and newer tech lifters help negate the issue for sure. But after seeing guys putting cars on trailers after going to roller gave me the willy's for years. I'm into reliability and enjoyed zero issues with flat tappet race cams .. but now we will see how the roller works out.
It sure revs quick!
I believe having the longer hydraulic roller lifters with shorter pushrods will change the angle of the pushrods somewhat, it would still be good to recheck it before running it.Good advice. I have 3/8" pushrods in place now but I've not noticed any contact marks on them. I had the engine out in 2022 but I don't remember looking too close at the pushrods.
Yes that's true, I don't have any thing solid to bring forth for helpful info. I just mentioned my own personal fears about it. It's more of an internal fear mongering lolWithout the details of the parts used, and the conditions, it’s just not particularly helpful info. I do know of several more roller lifter failures, but they weren’t good roller lifters.
The expense of pulling an engine out to go through it due to a cam and lifter failure is matched by the inconvenience of it.
That's the fun doing it back in the day. Did you chamfer for the radius of the tip to cup relation? My elder Mennonite friend showed me that. I was an aspiring hot rodder, and he was a machine shop German.Something else from my memory bank. Back in the mid 80's I was putting together a W2 head package for a 340 stroker to go into my 73 Duster. DC/MP didn't have a ready made set available and getting custom done units, or those in needed dimensions, was not a choice for me. However, MP/DC did have a semi done, you finish, set available. These already had the lifter end done, you just determined the needed length, cut them down/ream them with supplied reamer, then pressed in the supplied cup ends. I made my own pushrod length checking tool, modded stocker with adjuster on it. A friend gave me access to his lathe to do the cutting/reaming/pressing in the cups. Once I figured out the lengths needed, exhaust and intake were different due to rocker offsets, it was a slam dunk.