[78w72]

im a little late to all of this, so the plate system from randy isnt working too well for you guys that are trying it? the video he posted looked like it was a tried & tested set up & seemed to work pretty good... is he MIA now??

also what is the mention of the rhodes lifters being used, i thought this plate system was specifically for the sealed power type roller lifters. just curious & sorry if i missed some details in the 7 pages of this thread.

[Jay S]

Originally Posted by 78w72

im a little late to all of this, so the plate system from randy isnt working too well for you guys that are trying it? the video he posted looked like it was a tried & tested set up & seemed to work pretty good... is he MIA now??

also what is the mention of the rhodes lifters being used, i thought this plate system was specifically for the sealed power type roller lifters. just curious & sorry if i missed some details in the 7 pages of this thread.

We tracked down that Rhoads modifies speed pro 2148 lifters and converts them to Vpro and Vmax.

It does appear the from 80TA’s efforts the small base circle cams that are pushing the base circle limitations of the 2148 lifter are problematic with the plate, on his combo the plate is a little to wide. I found some blocks that the top oil hole on 2148s gets exposed at max lift on some Pontiac ground 1.88-1.89 cam core too, but it is dependent on how the block is cast, later blocks appear less to have slightly shorter lifter boss’s.

Hot rodding most everyone likes to push the limits of stuff, JMHO but the lift range the plate system and 2148 lifter will work best on should have started life as a small block 1.86 ish cam core (not bigger the 1.889 Pontiac) using lobe lifts .31-.35 looks to me like good combos with the plate system and the 2148 lifter with most any Pontiac block.

[69 Limelight]

What I want to know is where is Randy Repp now? He was all over this forum when he was getting this system kup and ready for sale. Now we have a customer who bought it with full confidence that it would work and Repp's curiously absent. Looks like he would be helping to get problem worked out if he wanted to sell more of these systems. I, for one, was really interested for next build but I'm out now. I'll stick with link bar. Haven't had a problem so far.

Since, to my knowledge, he hasn't responded to calls or e mails I think I would have removed all components, boxed them up and keep trying to get in contact and demand a refund. Now that they've been ground on kind of screwed.

Very poor customer service. Just my 2 cents.