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| bajafreaks |
 Mar 25 2014, 10:38 AM
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Since it appears to be a major challenge to adjust valves do most people go with hydraulic lifters when it comes to rebuilding an engine ? Its my understanding hyd. cams and lifters suffer with performance in these engines.
Is there an easy way to determine if an engine has hyd. lifters besides pulling a rocker arm, push rod, and then pulling a lifter out ? |
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| Tom |
Mar 25 2014, 10:50 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Short answer is NO. Most go with solids as they allow more power to be made. Both come with advantages as well as disadvantages.
Solids- more power, frequent valve adjustments, some noise. Hydros- less power, loud valve noise upon start up if not run frequently. The 2 liter I have came with hydros due to a rebuild by the previous owner. Looking at the work sheet for the overhaul, one may deduce that the engine dropped a valve due to lack of maintenance. It seems to have plenty of power, but if let sitting for over a week, it had loud clacking valves till the hydraulic lifters pump up. Tom |
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bajafreaks solids vs hyd. Mar 25 2014, 10:38 AM
Hammy I agree with Tom. I think the hydros are more popu... Mar 25 2014, 09:57 PM Cap'n Krusty Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd b... Mar 25 2014, 10:03 PM
Bleyseng
Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd ... Mar 26 2014, 11:45 AM rjames
Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd... Mar 26 2014, 01:49 PM Cap'n Krusty
Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd... Mar 26 2014, 09:41 PM Bleyseng
[quote name='Bleyseng' post='2016300' date='Mar 2... Mar 28 2014, 08:32 AM Cap'n Krusty
[quote name='Bleyseng' post='2016300' date='Mar ... Mar 28 2014, 09:38 AM r3dplanet It can be done. But you just need to be patient an... Mar 25 2014, 11:05 PM ConeDodger Shorter than Tom: No. Mar 25 2014, 11:10 PM HAM Inc When hydro's aren't pumped they are hell o... Mar 26 2014, 07:10 PM bajafreaks Solids it is.
I had a Adrian built 2.0 in my last... Mar 26 2014, 07:53 PM gifted914 Hi,
The solid cam has a different grind profile to... Mar 26 2014, 08:26 PM johannes Is there an easy way to know if my engine had hydr... Mar 27 2014, 06:15 AM Hammy You can remove pushrods and use a magnet to pull t... Mar 27 2014, 01:40 PM johannes Thank you for the tip Hammy ! ... Mar 27 2014, 03:44 PM Rand Well lets just say some things are cushy. Mar 27 2014, 03:58 PM Bleyseng
Thank you for the tip Hammy ! ...
And the pu... Mar 28 2014, 08:29 AM |
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