Hi everyone, I was working on this and had 2 issues, I had purchased 4 of those lifters(which were hard to find) and had the ford dogbones lifting up 20-30 thousandths when the lifter rode to the top of the lobe, (the round part of the lifter was hitting the flats on the bone) I was looking at welding something that was .050 to the dogbones to raise then, but never actually tried.
The other issue I had was the bottom of the lifter where the roller wheel is was a solid cylinder, and my cam lobe hit that part and actually lifted the lifter wheel off the lobe, I was considering just grinding a little off that edge of the lifters, (maybe .030 to .040)but had concerns with getting any shavings out of the lifter afterwords, I finally(2 months ago) just ordered Gaterman lifters which 2 different local machine shops recommended.
I now have howards 1.65 roller rockers coming through Summit Racing. Then I can put this thing together and check for pushrod size.
I still have to completely build the short block, including pistons to rods, It may be a while.....
Frank
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