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Old 05-27-2020, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bruce Meyer View Post
I don't get it. Looking at the prices of running Hyd Roller set ups (cam, lifters, pushrods, block mods, etc etc) you don't get much bang for the buck. They seem to be unreliable on top of it all. Don't you guys realize you can make big power with solid flat tappet cams? Even HFT can make big power. At a FRACTION of the cost. Money that could be better spent on other things like upgrading heads.
Flat tappets tend to knock the lobes off the cams with todays oils and poorly machined lifter faces