T-rex Install should I do Lifters?
T-rex Install should I do Lifters? I am doing a T-Rex install and just seeing if it would be smart to do lifters also while it is apart? If so should I use new factory ones or get some aftermarket ones? Also is there anthing I should do special when installing lifters?
Dan
Dan
Keep in mind you have to pull the heads to do the lifters. Anything from stock replacements (Comp Cams), to Melling, to Morel. Anything will work but if your engine is lower mileage I wouldnt worry about them.
Originally Posted by black_z
When are you doing it Dan? Im going to do a cam swap in May.
My engine has about 46,000 on it so I may be good as far as lifters for now. I have already started saving for the ETP heads
Dan
Trending Topics
LS1 Tech Stories
The Best V8 Stories One Small Block at Time
6 Common C5 Corvette Failures and What's Involved In Repairing Them
Pouria Savadkouei
Retro Modern Bandit Pontiac Trans AM Comes With Burt Reynolds' Autograph
Verdad Gallardo
Top 10 Greatest Cadillac V Series Performance Models Ever, Ranked
Pouria Savadkouei
Top 10 Most Powerful Chevy Trucks Ever Made!
Hennessey's New Supercharged Silverado ZR2 Has 700 HP
Verdad Gallardo
Coachbuilt N2A Anteros Is an LS2-Powered C6 Corvette In Italian Clothes
Verdad Gallardo
Awesome K5 Blazer Restomod Comes With C7 Corvette Power
Verdad Gallardo
10 Camaros You Should Never Buy
10 LS Engine Myths That Refuse to Die
Verdad Gallardo
NEGATIVE on the wait fellas. If you're going to put in the T-Rex, it has VERY aggressive cam lobes, and I guarantee you that your stockers are not going to be up to the job. To top it off, I'm pretty sure that in 2000 they started putting in the "newer" stock lifters. So, if you wind up having the "old" stockers, you're really screwed. Replace them, and don't look back, because otherwise you'll definitely be kicking yourself down the road.
My .2
Adrian
My .2
Adrian
I would do them! That is a very agressive cam, why do the job twice when you can to RIGHT the first time? Those lifters are gonna give out eventually anyway with that cam. You might want to think about rocker arms also. My buddy and I just finished his head/cam swap with HPE's C cam, and we have been regretting not doing the lifters and rocker arms ever since. My suggestion....DO THEM.
You guys saying aftermarket rockers and lifters are retarded. Im running the cam in my sig with stock lifters and stock rockers. The guy is going to be doing heads soon wait till then and do it. I wonder how many of oyu that are saying do the lifters have actually pulled the heads off your car. Thats retarded to do all that work just to 3-4 months later pull the heads for new ones. The stock rockers will be fine and with the mileage on your lifters you will be fine till the head swap.
