Quote Originally Posted by Trueblue View Post
It showed up last week. My last two cams were Erson and Howards and they worked well. I dont want a roller. I want to put it together and leave it together. My 496 was in the 10s on 9.5 compression and a flat tappet solid. I should be able to make 750hp on this 540 with good heads.
Hmmmmm have a AX to grind .did i say you were not going to make 700 hp . that nice you had a 496 that ran 10s on 9.5 CR . your buying good heads and top of the line pistons and putting a flat lifter cam in i just do not get it ? good luck any ways i used direct lube lifters when guys had to run solid howards and erson make big hyd rollers that will say together if you use a short valving hi rpm roller lifter or a solid roller with a set of hippo roller lifters .i can say my cars are not running hippo rollers lifters when i go thru them i use some .i ran rollers on the street for 20+years i never lost one .built many bbc with rollers hyd and solid roller cams