Thread: Hydraulic roller lifters to solid flat tappets?
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Old 07-11-2012, 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Danr55 View Post
You can make the change without any modification to the block, but you have to change the cam. There are several dimensions on a roller cam that are different from a flat tappet cam, solid or hydraulic. besides, why would you want to make a change like that unless you plan on running at 7500 RPM. A little racing in the future?
No racing Dan, but I DO like a revver, and I'm happy to leave some (a lot) of low speed torque on the table.
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