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Old 06-17-2014, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by blykins View Post
The latter. Solid roller lifters take a beating because of lash and spring pressures. The good lifters are pressure fed and the real good lifters are pressure fed and bushed, like Jeff's. However, it's always good to have plenty of oil there to help with lifter life.
Philosophical mental exercise here. Diesels and even the newer Dodge high performance big hemi's use sprayers on the bottom side of the pistons. I'm thinking to control temps. So why not put sprayers on solid rollers?
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