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Posted by: MikeM Aug 22 2019, 10:58 AM

Hi all...the cam from my 2 liter is out for re-grind. Assuming it can be done successfully, which new lifters are you guys recommending?
Thanks

Posted by: Jetsetsurfshop Aug 22 2019, 11:40 AM

Whoever is doing your re-grind should have a recommendation. I know that Web Cams likes it when you use their lifters. Also, If your regrind is aggressive I think you want mechanical lifters or hydraulic.

Posted by: jcd914 Aug 22 2019, 02:12 PM

If the cam being reground is a stock cam and they are grinding it without having to weld up the lobs, then stock replacement lifters work.
Stock cams are chill cast blanks and do not require heat treating after grinding (if ground correctly) and so a correctly reground cam uses stock lifters.

Your cam grinder will be able to tell you what lifters are compatible.

Jim

Posted by: burton73 Aug 22 2019, 03:58 PM

Run this by Mark Henry. He is up in Canada and he knows these air-cooled Eng. front and back. Or right to left.

He knows his stuff.


Bob B

Posted by: VaccaRabite Aug 23 2019, 07:03 AM

Unless you use (can find) ceramic lifters, you need to use the lifters recommended by your machinist.

Using lifters that are recommended by us here in the peanut gallery is likely yo find you with flat cam lobes shortly after the initial run in.

Posted by: MikeM Aug 23 2019, 08:15 AM

Thanks...I'll check with the machine shop.
BTW, the peanut gallery knows a lot more than I do!!
Mike

Posted by: Highland Aug 23 2019, 10:34 AM

I wasn't sure which lifters to use either for a regrind cam, so I just re-used the stock lifters.

I sent 2 sets of stock lifters to Elgin for regrind. He said one set was past wear limits, the other set he reground for use with the 330-1 cam.

Was that a bad thing to do?

Posted by: jcd914 Aug 23 2019, 12:50 PM

No not a bad thing.
Elgin would not have sent you anything back that was not done right.

Every Elgin reground cam I have ever used, got stock or aftermarket stock equivalent lifters installed with it.

The stock lifters have a hardened layer that can be ground flat again but if the lifter is worn too far there is not enough of the hardened layer left to grind.
That is why Elgin said one set was past the wear limit.

The stock cam is hardened all the way through the blank and provided it is ground with proper cooling/lubrication it does not require retreating or hardening to get the same surface as it started with.

Jim