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Title: Short travel hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: ToddK on April 10, 2011, 03:30:51 AM

Has anybody had any experience with short travel hydraulic roller lifters in an FE?

I see from the Summit website that Scorpion makes a set for the FE Summit Racing (http://www.summitracing.com/search/brand/Scorpion-Performance/Part-Type/Lifters/Lifter-Style/Hydraulic-roller/Make/FORD/Engine-Size/7-0L-427/Quantity/Sold-as-a-set-of-16/Product-Line/Scorpion-Short-Travel-Retrofit-Hydraulic-Roller-Lifters/?autoview=SKU)

Not a lot of info from the Scorpion website, although they are made in the USA. Has anybody used them?

Title: Re: Short travel hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: plovett on April 10, 2011, 09:32:13 AM

I have not used them.  I am very interested in them.

Rabotnik used them on his last EMC engine and said they worked very well.  He said he ran them up to 6700 rpm with no issues.  I don't know for sure, but I believe his were from Compcams as opposed to Scorpion.  I don't think Compcams offers a short-travel hydraulic roller lifter to the public yet.

Just FYI,

paulie

Title: Re: Short travel hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: ToddK on April 10, 2011, 06:31:06 PM

Thanks for that info Paulie, I'll keep an eye out on that one. I'm not after a set right now, so will wait for any future developments.

Title: Re: Short travel hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: plovett on April 13, 2011, 04:03:54 PM

Just FYI.  If you go to Scorpion's website and enter that part number the lifter that comes up is for 385 series Fords.  If I remember right there are some differences between lifters for the two engine families so make sure what you're getting is right for an FE.

http://www.scorpioncheckout.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=SRPST2212BBR&Search.x=15&Search.y=10

paulie