Thread: rhodes lifters

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Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

i would not run a hyd on a solid roller cam they are heavy heavy if a small roller ok but you will have to run a rev kit on the lifters to hold them on the cam this i do know you will beat the lifter to hell much better getting the cam ground the way you want the first place

Yeah, think you're right Pat... Thought it might be something to look into, guess I'll just stick with the solid rollers.....Less stuff to break or go bad anyway.....Spend all the money to lighten up the valve train, then put in a big heavy set of lifters would kind of be offsetting.....


Anyway, back to the original question.... Depends on how you want to run the engine, if you're going for good low and mid range power, a good hydraulic roller would do fine, then with the Rhodes lifters, if they will in fact pick up the vacuum as advertised, you might be ok... Depends on how much vacuum you have to pull. Sounds like a good discussion item with one of the cam companies Tech Reps!!!!! If you tell him what's in your engine now, and how much vacuum you have to pull he should be able to come up with just the right grind.....