Is this lifter bad??? 56K Beware!!!
Originally Posted by 1fastWS6
I'll add this in regard to cam lobe 'smoothness'....I just replaced the solid roller in my BBC because several lobes had major pitting. Sent it back to the MFG and they replaced it stating it may or may not have been a bad heat treat on the core. The lifters look PERFECT still......no wear at all on the rollers. Prior to this incident, I would have thought surely the severity of the pitting would have chewed thru the rollers on the lifters.....and.....the springs I'm running are 250# seat / 825# open!
Originally Posted by HavATampa
Good grief! And the common denominator here is ....... 
Mine went out around 14k miles 
How can I find out if it's my cam or what that caused the damage?
Should I ask Futral if they are willing to look at the cam or have someone else do that?
Oh and my springs are manley duals .650 lift
How can I find out if it's my cam or what that caused the damage?
Should I ask Futral if they are willing to look at the cam or have someone else do that?
Oh and my springs are manley duals .650 lift
Last edited by mattsls1; Feb 25, 2006 at 10:28 PM.
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WOW, ill have to check my lifters while the heads are off as ive been running futural cams for the last few years. good luck with the fix sidestep. waiting for your results with the new cam. mine won't be up and running till spring 
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Originally Posted by pdd
WOW, ill have to check my lifters while the heads are off as ive been running futural cams for the last few years. good luck with the fix sidestep. waiting for your results with the new cam. mine won't be up and running till spring
I just put my **** back togather and took her for a ride tonight. Been without a daily driver for 3 weeks, of which ive been working in the brutal cold. Damn im glad thats over. Now if only my new HPTuners would ship so I could tune her!
Morel has the lifters. They are going to have their lab look at the lifters and they are going to send them off to an OEM lifter mfg for analysis. This may take a couple of weeks but I will keep you posted.
Originally Posted by Cstraub
Morel has the lifters. They are going to have their lab look at the lifters and they are going to send them off to an OEM lifter mfg for analysis. This may take a couple of weeks but I will keep you posted.
Will these results be posted in this thread?
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Originally Posted by vettenuts
Will these results be posted in this thread?
I am a little concerned after talking with a few others that the results might be seen as biased since a neutral evaluator is not being used... with all respect for cstraub for stepping and looking into this for us...
Originally Posted by SideStep
Yes, I will see that the results, good, bad, or ugly get posted.
I am a little concerned after talking with a few others that the results might be seen as biased since a neutral evaluator is not being used... with all respect for cstraub for stepping and looking into this for us...
I am a little concerned after talking with a few others that the results might be seen as biased since a neutral evaluator is not being used... with all respect for cstraub for stepping and looking into this for us...