Ok so Ive had the infamous ticking for about 6 months now. Ive changed to hardened pushrods this weekend and all my plugs and wires are nice and tight and it still ticks. Im starting to think I have a bad lifter. My question is, is that a major problem that is difficult to fix. Would it be expensive to have someone fix it?

 

It would be labor for pulling the heads so you are looking at around 750-1200 just in labor for most places.

 

does your ticking noise go away after the engine warms up? say about 10 mins? Mine does, just wondering if i have bad lifter too.

 

The bad lifter will pretty much be a constant tick.

 

Nope...its a constant tick. Would changing them be something I can do on my own??

 

Have you checked your valve springs? Might have a cracked, broken one??

 

No I havent checked em yet. I didnt know that could be a cause of the noise. Those are being changed out very soon anyway.

 

There are so many cars that tick, LS1tech should have a "car ticking" subforum.

My car ticks for a few minutes half way through a cold start, then it stops. I can only guess what is causing it. I'll see what I can see once I get around to installing a H/C combo.

 

So can anyone tell me if changing the lifters will be something that is not too difficult to do?

 

you will have to pull the heads and intake off and get all new head bolts and head gaskets plus the cost of your lifters and get the torque sequence and you could do it if you feel comfortable takeing your heads off... alot of ppl with ls based engines have lifter ticks and they still seem to run fine its up to you its not that tought to pull that heads off, goodluck