This may be something you already know, but if you are doing the work yourself, be careful when breaking in your flat tappet cam. It is hard to get motor oils currently that have enough zinc to protect flat tappet lifters. The stuff harms oxygen sensors and the oil companies have taken it out since most OEM engines now have roller tappets.
If you are intersted, I put together a video on breaking in your flat tappet camshaft on my website. You can see it at StreetMuscleAction.
Sorry, the website blew up last week, and in the process of getting things up and running again, my web guru did something that changed all the permalinks. The correct link to get you to that video--if anyone is interested--is:
This may be something you already know, but if you are doing the work yourself, be careful when breaking in your flat tappet cam. It is hard to get motor oils currently that have enough zinc to protect flat tappet lifters. The stuff harms oxygen sensors and the oil companies have taken it out since most OEM engines now have roller tappets.
If you are intersted, I put together a video on breaking in your flat tappet camshaft on my website. You can see it at StreetMuscleAction.
I agree with Frank... you shouldn't have any lifter issues to start with.
Make sure you measure your pushrod length... and break the cam in correctly - both of those things are more important than what NAME brand of lifter you'll choose.
Great video -- thanks for reposting it. I've seen it before - and anyone building an engine should see it. Especially if they're newbies. But it's always a good reminder too!
I learned something about the spinning pushrods - making a mark on them is a killer 'tip'.
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