How do you know if you have a bad lifter. i just had forged internals put in my car, and also had it stroked. I have about 200miles on this set up and now i am hearing a noise from the engine but i am not sure what it is. I hear it when i start the car and when i step on the gas. How do i know what a bad lifter sounds like? please help

 

Your lifters should be really quiet since you ain't got none on a 06 Mustang...

 

Ha ha ha....Was thinking the same thing.

 

If you had a shop install the stroker kit, then turn your butt around and go back. if you did it yourself. sorry cant help you without car here in front of me to look at it.

 

if we dont have lifters in our car what else can it be. i spoke to a mechanic over by me and he said that it is a lifter. so what would be another name for this?

 

start the car and have it just idle

take your hand and carefully run it over all of the exhaust joints on both sides. a leaking exhaust can often sound like tapping lifters...and the sound goes up/down with engine revs as well.

if you can't find anything, have someone rev the motor to about 1,000 rpm and try again.



after that...yeah, you need to get that shop to do some investigating

 

Time for a new mechanic, my friend.

 

what did you stroke it to? could be some piston slap your hearing

 

to a 298 it dont sound like piston slap.

 

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i was thinking the same thing, a 298 stroker should be ok with factory cams. Do you know what cams they put in it tho, that may be the issue..... again its just a guess.