Using Solid Lifters on a Hydraulic Cam???
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Using Solid Lifters on a Hydraulic Cam??? I have a big hydraulic camshaft with durations and lifts that appear to the the same as a moderate solid roller cam. Could I use solid roller lifters on this cam? I know a smaller lash is required, so what would that be? I also know that the ramps on this cam is not as aggressive as a real solid roller cam, but atleast I won't be changing valvesprings too often. I rather have people who know what there talking about to answer this.
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There are some cam designs that will work with both a solid or a hydr roller, but you would have to check with the company that made it.
Most companies are using the same billet steel cam core for both, so that shouldn't be a problem.
The sollid roller profiles have a clearence ramp that takes the lash out smoothly. Some Hydraulic Roller have the same type of ramp, just shorter. Some don't. If it's got a .006" clearence ramp on it, you could run a solid roller with .010" hot lash. On an all aluminum motor, that would be pretty darn tight Cold.
Most companies are using the same billet steel cam core for both, so that shouldn't be a problem.
The sollid roller profiles have a clearence ramp that takes the lash out smoothly. Some Hydraulic Roller have the same type of ramp, just shorter. Some don't. If it's got a .006" clearence ramp on it, you could run a solid roller with .010" hot lash. On an all aluminum motor, that would be pretty darn tight Cold.
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Originally Posted by CamKing
There are some cam designs that will work with both a solid or a hydr roller, but you would have to check with the company that made it.
Most companies are using the same billet steel cam core for both, so that shouldn't be a problem.
The sollid roller profiles have a clearence ramp that takes the lash out smoothly. Some Hydraulic Roller have the same type of ramp, just shorter. Some don't. If it's got a .006" clearence ramp on it, you could run a solid roller with .010" hot lash. On an all aluminum motor, that would be pretty darn tight Cold.
Most companies are using the same billet steel cam core for both, so that shouldn't be a problem.
The sollid roller profiles have a clearence ramp that takes the lash out smoothly. Some Hydraulic Roller have the same type of ramp, just shorter. Some don't. If it's got a .006" clearence ramp on it, you could run a solid roller with .010" hot lash. On an all aluminum motor, that would be pretty darn tight Cold.
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