Well just chatting. On another thread I mentioned that on my rebuilt SBC 350 only one lifter required a slight tap to go in. The valves seem to open and close when I rotate the engine by hand so the lifter must be loose enough to move up and down. The requirement that it rotate on the heel of the cam may/may not be happening. I had the car in the shop and the mechanic offered to replace my EGR-Performer intake for a non-EGR intake so I said OK, but he replaced it with an RPM-Performer which is probably too big for my small street cam anyway. I am eager to buy an EPS-Performer which was recommended to me by the tech guy at Edelbrock and then I will have a chance to look at the lifters again. Since it is not easy to get them out, will I be able to see if the lifter rotates if I turn over the engine slowly by hand?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder