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Old 01-22-2024, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Schurkey View Post
If this was me, I'd pay the extra money for either a roller cam/lifters, or AT MINIMUM have the camshaft nitrided. Years ago, that was about a hundred bucks--about doubled the cost of the cam. I don't know what it costs now.
X 2. I wouldn’t use a flat tappet cam unless it was nitrided. I don’t know if it’s defective cam cores or lack of proper parkerizing that is causing the problems, but nitriding will take care of both,

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