Valve lifters…solid/hydraulic/roller tappet/flat tappet?

[RICK LAKE]

xb-60 Glen There is no issues with asking questions about ANYTHING. The problem starts when 5 different guys try and point out a BETTER way and cheaper in the long run to build a motor. You want to stay with a 289, FINE. You can stroke it to a 331 WITHOUT anyone knowing it's that big. You want BOTH WORLDS. Been there along with others here and tryed it. This motor will tear it's guts out trying to meet both a idle of 700 rpms and a 7,000 rpm red line. All the crap you read in the RAG MAGS is alot of just that CRAP. The problem is they can get these motors to do what's in the article. They just donot tell you how long these motor last on the street. Simple answer to this, even with good parts, EVERY part has a life limit. Your motor will have crazy high piston speed, a cast crank with a 6,700 safe limit. I hope the pistons are forged. If these guys in the article are so great why are they not in the engine masters. Go back the last 7 years and look at who is who. There are about 5 master mashinist I have talked to and said they don't have the time or money for this game. This is FE motor guys, Gessford machine and Kuntz are 2 to start. Thanks to Barry R. he has relite the fire for the FE motors and done really well. The caught is this, his motors can be bolted in any car and are drivable for thousands of miles. Some of the other motors are just that dyno motors for an rpm range that live for maybe 20-50 hour total and start to come apart. Just like a Nascar motor, 1 race and in the bucket. I wish you luck with your build. Thereis not such thing as a stupid question. i spent 3 years asking them myself before building an FE motor from the east to the west coast. Learned alot and meet some great people who are alive but some have pass. MY issue is that they left this world without writing down any of this info to pass on to future generations of builder, buyers and owners. I know they don't want to give all there secerts away and do not. Over time everything is found out. Again good luck, Have a Fosters for me. Rick L.