Thread: engine eats cam lobes

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there was some bad lifter out there i seen some big block and small go right out and they where broke in right they where hyd lifter. the lifter were junk. now they have gone back to the hard face disk type lifters they are much better about three years ago there was a lifter shortages eaton was closed down and they made a lot of the lifters who knows where you lifter come from china ?? you could of had a bad one or the lifter was not turning .the cam in or out to far then the lifter will not turn .bore not in the right spot and low rpm no oil splash. to fix this i use direct lube lifters they make them for soild only but they did make side cut lifters that put more oil on the cam some of this stuff can be off and will work on stock stuff but when spring pressure goes up bad things happen i try to talk customers hyd rollers