Solid cam+lifters

cmx4eva, Oct 28, 9:07pm
why do you like/dislike them.i think their more reliable andquieter
morrisman1, Oct 28, 9:11pm
what are you comparing it to! 2-stroke!
cmx4eva, Oct 28, 9:36pm
,im sure you know better mm
mugenb20b, Oct 29, 6:07am
Do you mean solid lifters versus hydraulic ones!
NZTools, Oct 29, 6:17am
Solid lifters are fine if you dond mind spending your weekends adjusting valve lash. If you cant do without them then sure, but if hydraulic lifters will handle the job, I know which i would be using.
crzyhrse, Oct 29, 6:57am
I always prefer a solid cam. A non-solid one isn't that good for consistent valve timing. Also, in most vehicles I've owned I've needed lifters of some sort.

Hope this helps!
jsbike, Oct 29, 7:10am
solid lifters in my new cefiro motor, really no idea if its better or worse that the old motor which had hydraulic ones.
the-lada-dude, Oct 29, 7:28am
bit of a tricky one this. the idea of hyd lifters was to cut down on tappet noise as the valve train went out of tolerance. in the early days the hyd lifters suffered from wear, high rpm pump up, leakage, and where heavy. things are much better these days as refinement comes with time. (lack of regular oil changes still kill these beggers )if your starting to look for more horse power you will find that flat tappet cams come back into the picture as you want more accurate cam timing , bigger lifts and faster cam ramps. the next step on is roller cams . most of these BIG cams running roller cams and BIG spring pressures are ground with around 2---3 degoff set front to rear to allow for cam twist under load.
i think if you want to re cam your vehicle to a F/T then your probably the person that doesn't mind fiddling with it in the weekends.
dave653, Jan 15, 1:01am
My 179 used to have a solid cam, only reason I had to adjust the lash was cause the pressed in rocker studs were slowly coming out! Screw in studs fixed that problem, solid was replaced a coupla years later, went to hydraulic. Still don't need to touch it.