Explain to me again, please

[SBillinson]

Are there that many failures using a standard solid lifter in a stocker motor? The NASCAR guys used standard solid lifters for decades. I know the ramps are more aggressive in Stock these days, but a tool steel lifter for a .312" lobe? Are people turning stocker engines to 10K?

If it makes you feel any better, buy a set of crower lifters and send them off to be cryod for $100. Or buy a large diameter lifter and have the block machined for them if that's allowed.

[Terry Cain]

Originally Posted by SBillinson

Are there that many failures using a standard solid lifter in a stocker motor? The NASCAR guys used standard solid lifters for decades. I know the ramps are more aggressive in Stock these days, but a tool steel lifter for a .312" lobe? Are people turning stocker engines to 10K?

If it makes you feel any better, buy a set of crower lifters and send them off to be cryod for $100. Or buy a large diameter lifter and have the block machined for them if that's allowed.

Can't run bigger dia lifters.
I've had 2 failures with lifters over about 8 years. Each time was well over $8000 to fix.
Been running Shubecks and it's getting hard to do anything else with my fingers crossed knowing it could happen, anytime. . Just allow rollers and if you don't wanna run them you can keep what ya have.
Not sure cryod will hold up. I know it didn't on one of my motors.