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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 06:31 PM
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a person who sells parts and i believe can only be contacted through email.
and where would I find his email address?
Old Jul 14, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Deviousfred
So with no spider, what keeps the dogbones from coming off the lifters? And without the dogbones, what keeps the rockers from rotating and wiping the cam?
As I said it used to be done, I don't know the details.

I know roller rockers where a big thing in the early mid '80's when I was into cars back then as people used to talk about them during cruise in's and such.

There weren't a lot of roller motors like we are used to today and the roller rockers were going into older cars back then. It seemed like lots of Chebby's had them in as they always seemed to be cheaper then the Ford stuff..

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Old Jul 14, 2012 | 08:50 PM
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http://www.flowtechinduction.com/
Old Jul 14, 2012 | 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LynnBob Mustang
As I said it used to be done, I don't know the details.

I know roller rockers where a big thing in the early mid '80's when I was into cars back then as people used to talk about them during cruise in's and such.

There weren't a lot of roller motors like we are used to today and the roller rockers were going into older cars back then. It seemed like lots of Chebby's had them in as they always seemed to be cheaper then the Ford stuff..

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why do you keep talking about roller rockers? what does that have to do with going from a flat tappet to a roller lifters?
Old Jul 14, 2012 | 09:10 PM
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My bad, I assumed he was talking about roller rockers, until I reread what I just reread.
I'm not used to talking about roller lifters.
Nothing more to see here from me....
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 01:59 PM
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you need a reduced base circle camshaft and roller lifters that are linked...its pricey to do but can easily be done..
Old Jul 15, 2012 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rmodel65
you need a reduced base circle camshaft and roller lifters that are linked...its pricey to do but can easily be done..
With the linked lifters, would I need the spider and all that jazz?
Old Jul 15, 2012 | 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by rmodel65
you need a reduced base circle camshaft and roller lifters that are linked...its pricey to do but can easily be done..
hmm. are you sure? are you talking about an early block?

if you use link bar lifters, you can use a standard base circle cam. this is what i have.

if you want to use the spider/dog bone lifters, then you need a small base circle cam.

below are the hydraulic lifters in mine. no spider, no drilling, etc. i have a 69 351w block.

https://www.lunatipower.com/Product....d=2556&gid=311
Old Jul 15, 2012 | 06:05 PM
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Roller cams were considered "exotic" back in the late 70's-early 80's, now they're common place. I think that's what he was talking about. Linked lifters were and are expensive, but they work.



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