Are new lifters a must?
07-10-2006, 08:27 PM
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Are new lifters a must? I will be doing a new cam soon. My car has 58K on the clock. Is it a must to change the lifters when I do the new cam. I do not plan on going to .6 on the lift.
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07-10-2006, 08:34 PM
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Even if you were going over .600 lift, personally I wouldn't change them unless I was pulling the heads. And if you are intent on changing the lifters, might as well get new heads while their off!
07-11-2006, 10:27 AM
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a different perspective I dont mean to be the devils advocate on this one but I just installed a new cam (TRex). I had about the exact same amount of miles on my car as you do. I did the swap without replacing the lifters. I drove the car maybe 500 miles and now I have a bad ticking sound that I am pretty sure is a lifter going bad. I now have to pull the heads off to replace those. On the bright side I am making it worth my while by putting a set of TSP ported LS6 heads on the car as well.
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07-11-2006, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Cstraub
New cam. ..New lifters.
58K miles is not a lot, I would agree on a higher miles motor.
07-11-2006, 12:45 PM
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I have changed cams twice now, and have reused the stock lifters, granted my car only has 10,000 miles on it. However, as long as they are the roller type lifters you are probably fine with using what you have.
07-11-2006, 12:47 PM
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You mean to say that everytime you change a cam, you pull the heads to put new lifters?
58K miles is not a lot, I would agree on a higher miles motor.
58K miles is not a lot, I would agree on a higher miles motor.
