Thinking about solid lifters

[GBowman]

Originally Posted by blykins

Some times, I would agree with you. Not in this case though. Jeff is just wanting to make sure he makes the right decision.

Wait a minute..."sometimes I would agree...." What's that supposed to mean!!!! Hahahaha, I didn't think I was that bad...

For what its worth on this discussion...I had a solid roller which lost a lifter after only 2700 miles and I got freaked out about the whole "solids are for racing, dont let it idle too long, spring eaters, yatta yatta...". Ford Racing agreed to build me a hydraulic roller to replace the solid roller engine since it was on warranty (since I wanted longevity and less maintenance this seemed like a no brainer).

As many know, Brent is building me another solid roller set up right now, well, maybe not since we don't have any pistons yet...Im not scared, the reason that I am going back to the solid set is that I miss that extra pull...the one that just keeps coming on at high RPM's. I will say that I asked Brent to get me the highest quality parts since the failure I had was prob due to mid grade lifters (at least I think that is what Brent said) and I don't want to skimp on anything.

The truth is that I didn't think I would miss a few HP or top end RPM capability but I did, my Hydro roller was pretty nice @570HP/582# @ 5800/4800 respectively but I could totally tell the difference between the two set ups. Theres just something about 7000 RPM's I suppose...