dimebag

ok so yea, you can go from flat tappet to roller, can you go from hydrolic roller to hydrolic flat tappet? reason im asking is, my cam is ****ed, and im prty broke, it will be cheaper to get springs, cam, lifters... flat tappet. then it would to get lifters and a cam for roller... so can you go from roller to flat tappet? and what else would be needed... new pushrods?

i know a few of yall have made me offers on some cams, and their still in concideration, im just exploring all my options

67mustang302

Should be able to swap a flat tappet cam/lifters into a roller block, and use different length pushrods. But I'm not certain, I think the cam journals for the factory roller blocks are a different diameter, as are the cam base circles. Call Comp or someone and ask them, they'd know for certain


http://store.summitracing.com/egnsea...115+4294887636

Depending on just how broke you are, there are some street and strip/strip cams listed there new for under $200, if this helps

dimebag

cool, ill look into them... another issue is, im SD... i have what i need for a mass air conversion, but dont wanna do it if i dont have to yano... and alot of cams, im going to need springs for too...

gothand

How are your lifters? If you're real broke, why not look into a used roller cam? Unlike flat tappets, you can pretty much use them forever. My brother's cam and lifters in his 5.0L in his '66 vert probably have over 250K miles on them (engine has been rebuilt) and are still going strong.

Stock (buy-it-now for $25):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...spagenameZWDVW

X-cam (currently $51)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FRPP-...spagenameZWDVW

Good luck!
Jeff

dimebag

lifters are all ****ed up... im headin out, ill go into detail later

dimebag

bump...?

67mustang302

What kinda budget do you have for new/used valvetrain stuff?

Joel5.0

Suggestion........................

You could find an aphabet, stock or TFS-1 cam fairly cheap + a set of HR lifters + dog bone pretty cheap. If you switch to a FTH cam setup, b/c it's cheaper, you could be adding to the cost, instead of replacing the fubar'ed parts........... Just a thought.

BTW.... BTSTDT......don't repeat the same mistake.

dimebag

i gotcha... yea ive seen letter cams and the tfs cam are like 170 or so... but im SD... and TRYING to stay sd... i have what i need to convert, so if i have to i will... but id rather not

Joel5.0

If you need a cheap stock HR cam....... LMK... + you know where you could find a replacement......