hey guys might sound dumb but whens the right time to upgrade your lifterson our ls1's? is it neccesary thanks

 

well here is my opinion on this. if your putting heads on the car your right there so you might as well put some in.

if i was gonig to do a cam only swap i would like to put new lifter in because i wouldnt want to put a fresh cam lobe on a lifter that might possibly have a warn roller. but i probably would leave the lifters in because who wants to pull heads when you dont have too.

its all preference.

ryan

 

hmm well im in a dilema then because im about to swap heads/cam in my 02 and dont really have $400 for lifters at the moment but since im already there i should do it i guess ill just wait till i get the lifters

 

what lifters are you looking at for 400 bucks? the badass cadi racing lifters are only 250ish.

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/generation-iv-internal-engine/580686-new-upgraded-hydraulic-roller-lifters-sdpc.html

 

I used the LS2/LS7 lifters. They perform well for most people (under 7kRPM) and are great deal at $100:
http://www.sdparts.com/product/12499...esSetof16.aspx

 

I got'em

 

Yep...me too

 

+1, I just need to get mine together.

 

i use morel lifters, and they are holding up well to a lot of abuse
Dave

 

could prolly get by with the heads/cam swap without changing lifters. I didnt change lifters when i put a cam in neither have alot of other people. Down the road if there is another cam change that would be a for sure time to change the lifters.

If time isnt a problem could just hold off on the heads/cam install until you have the $ for a set of lifters. Maybe a set of arp head bolts or head studs aswell.

 

Just buy the ls7 lifters and then do the swap. You're going to be right there so you might as well swap them out

 

+2 The GM replacement lifters are working fine in my 402. You can get them for about $100.00 from SDPC.

 

thanks guys thats great info im for sure ordering those ls7 lifters for my setup now if there around $100. i was just looking on TSP's website since thats who i got my setup from. im getting a ms4 so would those ls7 lifters still be fine? thanks