[LStathas]

Originally Posted by ponyakr

"...Delphi high performance lifter..."

Just curious. I've come to the conclusion that all the Pontiac HFT lifters, made this century by Delphi, have the groove/parting line close to the bottom, indicating that the bottoms are attached to the upper section of the lifter body. Or, in other words, they had/have a 2-piece lifter body.

Is this correct ?

If this is so, has anybody had the bottom to come off one of these lifters ?

A couple of years back, I bought a set of Jegs brand lifters, which had the low groove. Assume they were made by Delphi, because of the low groove & because Jegs advertised that they were made in the USA. I replaced the paperclip wire retainers with real snap rings, from Fastenal. Didn't have any lifter problems, but didn't keep the car long enuff to get any real performance or longevity results.

5/8" Snap rings are too small. You need 11/16"