Chris, I'm sure this is just review, but...
Use assemble lube from a cam manufacturer.
Prime the oil system right before the first start with a heavy duty 1/2 inch
drill
and let it run long enough to purge all of the air and then some.
Use a can of GM brake in oil (it's got lots of ZDDP).
Keep the motor above 2000 RPM for the first 20 minutes
Use the GM stuff in the first oil change.
I would buy the lifters from a cam manufacturer. They sell lifters with their
cams
and they have to be good quality or their cam looks like sh**.
Enjoy the summer Chris,
Bryan
Chris Harris wrote:
> Pulled the motor down in the roadster, sold off the heads complete plus the
> cam, lifters and pushrods. Making up a pair of adapter plates out of alloy
> flat to fit our induction onto a new pair of high port heads. Going to
> overbore the block plus fit our stroker crank to step it up to a 'B' class
> mill. Also reassembling my street rod after a 12 mth rebuild as it's
> been on
> the road about 12-13 years. Coming together real well so will get to cruuze
> over Summer. Got one concern which I'd like to start a thread on to get
> some opinion
> concerning currently available hydraulic flat tappets.
>
> It seems because new vehicles don't use them, the good old hydraulic
> flat tappet we've all used by the scillion since the fifties are now a
> rare item especially if you want a quality set. Third world manufacture
> with it's marginal quality control especially in radius and hardness is
> devouring new cams like an old 'packman'. Going to fire the rod motor
> soon so where is most reliable source of these followers.
>
> Chris H.................NZed.
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