Rhoads Lifters are here!
03-12-2006, 12:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Hugger
Ok, I just got the car cranked with the new Rhoads lifters and Dart heads. There is a definite ticking/sewing machine sound associated with these lifters. Even my wife noticed it. On the other hand I can definitely tell that they have "reduced" the size of my cam at idle. I used to be plagued by idle problems like surging and stalling. After driving the car around for about 30 minutes and the driveability appears to be excellent. The car did not surge even once. You can definitely tell a difference in the exhaust note. There seems to be less lope than before. The car still sounds cammed though. Like anything else with cars you have to give up one thing (quiet lifters) to get something else (driveability). On a side note I do run 5w-30 Mobil 1 in the car so that could be part of it. I have heard that a heavier weight oil will quiet them down some. I may give some 10W oil a try in a few weeks and see what that does. The ticking is nothing that I can't live with so I can say that I am pretty happy with the lifters.
They will be loader but they defintely worked I was running a 292 comp grind on an old monza. They worked great. Im glad they came out with a lifter for the Ls1/6 application. 
03-22-2006, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Hugger
Ok, I just got the car cranked with the new Rhoads lifters and Dart heads. There is a definite ticking/sewing machine sound associated with these lifters. Even my wife noticed it. On the other hand I can definitely tell that they have "reduced" the size of my cam at idle. I used to be plagued by idle problems like surging and stalling. After driving the car around for about 30 minutes and the driveability appears to be excellent. The car did not surge even once. You can definitely tell a difference in the exhaust note. There seems to be less lope than before. The car still sounds cammed though. Like anything else with cars you have to give up one thing (quiet lifters) to get something else (driveability). On a side note I do run 5w-30 Mobil 1 in the car so that could be part of it. I have heard that a heavier weight oil will quiet them down some. I may give some 10W oil a try in a few weeks and see what that does. The ticking is nothing that I can't live with so I can say that I am pretty happy with the lifters.
Yes like hugger said, i was also having surgin and stallign problems at idle, that is all gone now, car fires right up, holds idle! soo far no problems
ant the other thing, yes u will have to deal with teh sewing machine sound, but i can def do that b/c the driveability is 485348975 times better now!
04-11-2006, 04:01 PM
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Hot Rod may not have seen a gain, but the people who have installed them seem to notice a difference.
Are these lifters stable enough to run up to say 7K RPMs?
Are these lifters stable enough to run up to say 7K RPMs?
04-11-2006, 04:46 PM
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I wont be running up too 7000 i would have to get new rod bolts. The cam i am running will go to 6100 and that should suffice. What was hotrod testing them on like what setup. Call Rhoads unless hugger runs his setup that high. I will keep you guys posted with my results..
04-11-2006, 06:21 PM
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https://ls1tech.com/forums/lt1-lt4-modifications/475530-rhoads-lifters-big-camed-lt1.html
Check my old thread out, I summarize a bit. The article isn't online though.
Check my old thread out, I summarize a bit. The article isn't online though.
04-11-2006, 07:58 PM
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where did you get these lifters? I dont see them anywhere and how much were they?
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ed
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ed
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04-11-2006, 08:09 PM
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searched on summit didnt see them, any chance of a part number?
i know im asking alot
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04-11-2006, 11:06 PM
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http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...0&autoview=sku
hmmm 1158 says its for gen 1 caddy's
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...&view=32&N=115
1728 says for ls based cars...
??
hmmm 1158 says its for gen 1 caddy's
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...&view=32&N=115
1728 says for ls based cars...
??
04-12-2006, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by 92zcamaroperson
would these be a good idea even for smaller cams like the tr224 over the comp 815 lifters?
On the small cams you will get more torque big cams more low end drivability...so you get a 224/224 .591 lift for example...your low end should be much improved because the lifters take 10 deg below 3000 and few thousand of lift, so if your in traffic or stop light to stoplight your full duration isnt present on idle, you'd be at like 214/214 with lift at .581..
Tiger thats the old number summit has. give rhoads a call and they'll tell you what you need
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Rhoads (look at bottom)
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