Linked lifters and trays
12-15-2010, 10:21 PM
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Linked lifters and trays Just wondering if I'd still use the plastic lifter trays for installing lifters that have the connector link between them. If I don't NEED to use the trays, could I use them anyways to make cam swaps easier?
12-16-2010, 08:50 AM
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I think that notion is based on the lifter trays holding the lifters in place during a cam swap.
After I had switched to link-bar lifters I came accross some magazine article that listed a disadvantage of switching to from lifter trays to link-bar lifters was that cam changes without pulling the heads were no longer possible. Since, I have not tried to change my cam again, I have not tested whether it is possible to to change the cam without pulling the heads once you have link-bar lifters, but I would sure like to know.
After I had switched to link-bar lifters I came accross some magazine article that listed a disadvantage of switching to from lifter trays to link-bar lifters was that cam changes without pulling the heads were no longer possible. Since, I have not tried to change my cam again, I have not tested whether it is possible to to change the cam without pulling the heads once you have link-bar lifters, but I would sure like to know.
12-16-2010, 05:12 PM
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I think that notion is based on the lifter trays holding the lifters in place during a cam swap.
After I had switched to link-bar lifters I came accross some magazine article that listed a disadvantage of switching to from lifter trays to link-bar lifters was that cam changes without pulling the heads were no longer possible. Since, I have not tried to change my cam again, I have not tested whether it is possible to to change the cam without pulling the heads once you have link-bar lifters, but I would sure like to know.
After I had switched to link-bar lifters I came accross some magazine article that listed a disadvantage of switching to from lifter trays to link-bar lifters was that cam changes without pulling the heads were no longer possible. Since, I have not tried to change my cam again, I have not tested whether it is possible to to change the cam without pulling the heads once you have link-bar lifters, but I would sure like to know.
12-16-2010, 07:23 PM
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I remember reading a post where you can stuff an aluminum 3/8 rod ( Or Wood ) through the holes in the front of the block and gently go up under each lifter. Do a search and it will come up.
I have the link bars in my ls2 block and no problems with em.
I think they were Lunati part number 73432 or 72433
I have the link bars in my ls2 block and no problems with em.
I think they were Lunati part number 73432 or 72433
