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Title: hyd roller lifter on a solid roller cam?
Post by: ymountainman on November 25, 2012, 08:42:56 PM

I lost a comp roller lifter bearing. I pulled the cam and comp reground it for me. Im running crower solid roller lifters on it. Im worried i will have another failure. Im running this on the street. I wish i would have gone hyd roller from the start. Ive heard some say you can run hyd roller lifters on some solid roller cams. Is this possible? Thanks for any responses!!

Title: Re: hyd roller lifter on a solid roller cam?
Post by: jayb on November 25, 2012, 10:07:56 PM

I think the only issue you may have is the RPM range will not be as high with a hydraulic roller lifter.  If you are only running to 6000 RPM there's no reason why you can't make the switch, as far as I know.  I think that going the other way, running solid roller lifters on a hydraulic roller cam, could be a problem.

I'm surprised you lost a Crower solid roller lifter; I've had very good luck with them.  Do yours have the pin oiling feature?

Title: Re: hyd roller lifter on a solid roller cam?
Post by: ymountainman on November 26, 2012, 05:56:49 PM

Thanks Mr. Jay. I lost the comp lifter and went back with crower lifters im still worried though Thanks for the response!!