short travel lifter question
08-02-2013, 11:55 AM
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short travel lifter question Looking use a set of short travel lifters.. wouod they be good for street driving or is it mostly for dray. I know the short travels are the middle man of hyd and solid lifter. Best of both worlds.. but I dnt want anythjng fn up on the street
08-02-2013, 12:06 PM
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Few out of 10,000 the guy's who have had problems are few.......But to be 1 of those few???? problems will occur.They have a lot of great short travel lifters Morel, Johnson ,Lunati......There are few with problems but for the masses......They do work great.
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08-02-2013, 04:07 PM
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As Jake mentioned though.....be prepared to check every one if you want to do this correctly. That will assure you get the best results from the install. There are lots of variables/stacking of tolerances to account for (cam base circles, valve job depth, valve margin thickness, valve overall length, rocker arm variances in cup depth, etc.).
ALL of this effects the amount of preload in the system and your window for error in pushrod length is much more narrow. A standard lifter, LS7 lifter, etc. has close to .200 plunger travel offering a much larger window of error but of course doesn't offer the performance advantage a well made limited travel lifter will off you.
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I've used and sold both with good results.....if you already ordered the Comp's I wouldn't worry about them.
As Jake mentioned though.....prepared to check every one if you want to do this correctly. That will assure you get the best results from the install.
-Tony
As Jake mentioned though.....prepared to check every one if you want to do this correctly. That will assure you get the best results from the install.
-Tony
Thanks tony. I rhought they would be a good choice. Just wanting to try them out. Want to do everything once amd leave it.
08-04-2013, 04:23 AM
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I think they are both good pieces (and literally have ran both in personal builds and my customer's builds)....the more expensive Johnson short travel has the pressurized axle oiling which is a nice perk but to be fair they are higher priced than the Comp so it makes sense.
OP....PM me if you need more info etc.
-Tony
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Well got the short travels in made by comp. Is anyone running these csn tell me how they installed and checked pr length correctly? Since only has .058 window. I dont want to have issues. I want to do this correctly
