I'm thinking about yanking my current cam installing a solid roller.

Any ideas on the pros and cons or gains?

 

A solid roller wont make a ton more power than a hyd. cam,but it will accelerate MUCH faster down the track.

If you have any questions,just e-mail me.

 

Solid Rollers are awesome.. I thought of this myself, but having minimal tools and butterfingers I decided not to have it done. Changing spark plugs is as far as I go.. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> My hands are really too big for that. I get scratched up bad..

 

What kind of maintenence is required on a solid roller set-up?

 

You will periodically need to adjust the valve lash.

Shane

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by jimmypop13:
<strong>What kind of maintenence is required on a solid roller set-up?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shane summed it up...

And our 99 SS project car was ran for an entire year and driven daily with a solid roller setup and the valve lash never needed adjusting but it still needs to be checked periodically.

 

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Futral Motorsports:
<strong>A solid roller wont make a ton more power than a hyd. cam,but it will accelerate MUCH faster down the track.

If you have any questions,just e-mail me.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Thanks for the info!

How much faster?

Does the solid roller gain more mph as well?

 

if you don't mind having to deal with the regular maintenance of a solid roller then it is definitaly the route to go for max power on a heads and cam setup.......but IMO I would rather still make real good power with a hydrolic and not have to worry about the maintenance of a solid. There are plenty of hydrolic head and cam motors making 420+ rwhp with the proper heads...I'd look into one of these setups before you go into a solid roller. If you do decide solid roller is for you try to contact Jason99T/A since he went that route once with the help of Thunder Racing I believe.
good luck with your decision,
Rick

 

Thanks Rick.

My current setup puts down 425.6RWHp & #89 RWT.

I was ondering what kind of RWHP a solid roller would generate.