Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson
Switch to a roller cam, either hydraulic or solid, and the cam eating problem is gone......POOF!!!!!!

Not really magic, just a combination of things, lack of zinc in today's oil, people too cheap to use break in oil or a zinc additive, improper break in techniques, wrong adjustments... lots of different things....
that is all true but the bbc have some lifter bore issue and yes dave you are right ... why would any one build a flat cam engine with all bad parts out there and bad oil now days ???? any one who lost a cam in a bbc and i have it not a good feeling .i just do not build the bbc with flat cams any more the last sbc and bbc soild flat cam engines i used the EDM lifters with the hole burned thru them for added oil