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Originally Posted by Jim Moshier
I was wondering why only the Pontiac communities embrace Rhoads lifters nowadays. I have read about anyone using them in a build in years. When I went to Westech to have my engine dynoed he said oh yeah that's a Pontiac thing.....or that was a Ken Crocie thing, nobody else runs them. What are your thoughts and are they still relevant in today's cams?
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H-O track tested them back in the day and pushed them hard because they worked as advertised.. I recall all makes seemed to use them back in the 80's before the great "flat lobe" debacle. Many companies tried to copy them but none worked as well. Crane was the first and basically assembled their lifters with loose clearance so they would leak internally. Comp just used the Johnson R lifter and allowed them to work as advertised. Since they have been changed.
Btw.... No one seemed enraged when all the other lifter companies tried to copy the Rhoades lifters like they are about SM.