Originally Posted By: Kruse
Looks like you've spent some money in the aftermarket. Is there any reason why you didn't go with roller lifters?
Originally Posted By: Kruse
Looks like you've spent some money in the aftermarket. Is there any reason why you didn't go with roller lifters?
Good morning Kruse. I can't believe how many people are up this early!
My original build was going to be a 350 roller block vertex into a 383. After all I wanted to do and cost comparisons, my machinist uncovered a never bored 4 bolt main 400. Adding the much better flowing aluminum heads, Scat crank and rods, Comp cam and on it went, the cost went WAY past where I hoped. I had to make a few tradeoffs. My cam is not aggressive enough to really need a set of roller lifters. I currently have a very strong 355 that has (a few left) roller rockers. They started spitting out the trunion pivot bearings at the worst time! LoL
I cut about $400 by going flat tappet and roller tip rockers instead of full roller, but I got 50 extra cubes in the deal. Every thing was carefully selected and I'm pretty meticulous when I'm building,,,,cause at 63 years old, its my turn to have some go-fast fun!!