Ive noticed in a few posts that people have had trouble with lash adjusters going bad. I was wondering if any of you had considered going to a solid adjuster. Especially guys with built motors it seems like this would be a wise investment.

 

Where would we get solid adjusters at and how much of an investment is it to fund???

 

i believe most of the mod motor builders sell em and i remember someone on corral had em cheap. Check mmr or bridge racing though.

 

The stock lash adjusters are very reliable. When one person decides that it's the problem, it's like mass hysteria and people jump on a band wagon. "That must be my problem too."

Stock VA are good to 10,000rpm

 

maybe they are the reason my transmission went out in my 03 i just bought

 

was simply a suggestion. Ive seen them go bad before in my shop and if i were to spend 2000 on a bottom end it would be a good investment.

 

I found them for like $330 for a set which aint bad. So might be something to look into. Just a precautionary measure???

 

precautionary for one and i believe some of the higher horse builds would see a gain.

 

precautionary for one and i believe some of the higher horse builds would see a gain. Ive seen some older or evem some younger guys that say solid lifters are for race only cars but pop a valve cover off pretty much any modern import and tell me what you see. They get most of that open ended statement from older pushrod technology which was much more susceptible to heat expansion.

 

so how would you set the valve lash,shims if its to much lash or grind the base down if its not enough?