On my 318, I bought a solid roller cam from Comp. The lifters on the right bank of the motor slid in with not so much as a whimper, but the left bank lifters are binding. The dogbones (the bars that connect the two lifters for the exh. and the int.) bind on the inside of the lifter valley. The motor is already completely built other than the cam and intake. I do not have the time nor the money to tear down the motor and have it machined. My question is, I have a set of Hyd. rollers from a 1997 Dodge truck. Can you use Hyd. rollers on a solid roller cam? cause if not I will have to go buy a flat tappet just so I can get the motor back together.
just out of curiousity ...what all is done to the motor....from what i remember from my la days....a solid roller in a la motor was a pretty serious deal.....seems like it required long stem valves and special oiling and such....are the bars facing the middle of the block....? brandon
It has a 273 crank (forged), H-beam rods, Forged pistons, melling high volume oil pump, **** Landy heads 2.08 int, 1.70 exh valves, 1.5 roller rockers, and the bars are facing towards the block, because if they face towards the middle, the pushrods bind on the top of the lifter. The instructions say that there should be an arrow stamped on the bar indicating which side faces the inside of the motor, but I cant seem to find it. I tried to call COMP, but they are closed and I am fast approaching a deadline. The lift is mild enough that you don't need the long valves, but valve springs are needed, and if you don't spend too much time idling around, then its fine. Solid rollers are oiled off of windage from the rotating ***embly, so as long as you keep the rev's up its fine. Its a race motor that will see little if any at all street driving.
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