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i'm running a solid roller with the isky ezx rollers, which are a solid bushing instead of the needles. little pricey, but they are supposed to be the sliced bread of the solid roller lifters. i have a little over 40 hrs on the engine now, and lately i haven't read of any failures, initially there were some though and they have supposed to have made changes. these are not pressure fed btw.

like the previous guys have said, low idle and the pounding they take will kill a set faster then anything. mine idles at 1600 because of the vacuum advance hooked to the manifold but wouldn't let it go less then the 1200 neighborhood if i were using solid rollers.

a lot has to do with the lobe profile in making the lifters last along with lash, ditto with using hydraulic lifters and revving to higher rpm. my 406 has 244/244 and is supposed to peak hp at 6600, i would imagine yours to be 7g or above. your not running resitrictors to the top end are you?

since you have the engine apart, you might consider going hydraulic, then you have to reconsider your valve spring setup also. if i have one iota of problems with my solids, i would go back to hydraulic, can't beat set it and forget it.