Good observations Jerry! You could boil that down to:
If you build a 'race' engine, don't expect it to last like a 'street' engine!
Solid roller lifter came apart on my old engine, which led to a 'detuned' street friendly rebuild with my current flat tappet cam. But that was the old style solid rollers. New advances in solid roller lifter design have come a long way and I wouldn't rule them out if I wanted to use them again in the future. However you WOULD need a block designed for hydraulic lifters to get enough
oil to the new design solid rollers.
Connecting rods WITH an
oil squirt hole and correct side clearance, by the way!
I'm not a big hydraulic fan in any case, I'll stick with solids.
