OnyxCobra

I thought I had the right length pushrod but then I read that you need to use a solid lifter to check the geometry, is that necessary? Do my lifters really compress as they open the valve? I was sure the stock length was going to be correct and that I just had to get some hardened ones.

Setup: AFR 165s (pedestal mount), Steeda #19 Cam, stock 1.7 RRs

Ninety5five0

I was not aware of that.....

Ive alwasy jsut heard to use an adjustable pushrod.....But nothing about using a solid lifter.

92hatchLX

Youneed touse a solid lifter, you only need to purchase one though. Or I have heard that you can flip the cup (the part where the pushrod seats onto the lifter) upside down and do it that way. I'd personally just go out and buy a solid lifter.

OnyxCobra

I looked briefly and couldnt find a solid lifter for my car...

Joel5.0

Make one, or two........ http://www.trickflow.com/articles/stroker_1/# (3rd. paragraph).....and follow the procedure at Valvetrain Geometry

OnyxCobra

Yeah thats the site i was looking at, I'm just wondering if its necessary since my lifters dont seem to be compressing...

92hatchLX

Thanks for clearing that up. I knew it had to do with flipping something upside down inside the lifter.

hellas85stang

take a old one and take spring out and cram full of what ever to hold it closed and not give///use it...i out a buncha bbs in it and closed it and it was as good as a solid lifter... what ever ya solid lifter measures,then the good lifter will not push the pushrod down more,the good plunger on good lifterwill collapse and wont push as far as a solid..

OnyxCobra

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OnyxCobra

then why do you check it with a solid?