Nick...I have a 70 El Camino SS 396 (402ci rebuilt "dealer replacement motor"
w/ less than 1000 miles) and I've struggled with noisy lifters...tried
everything ...adjusted the valves and the lifters many times...tried double
nutting
the valve springs...one problem we uncovered was a reduced flow of oil to the
lifters and the valve train...it just wasn't getting the proper oil
volume/pressure to the top end... We're going to pull the motor and see if we
an oil
pump, oil galley blockage or maybe even a cam bearing problem.
Steve G.
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