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Subject why are you using solid lifters with JWT cams?
     
Posted by AzHeat on November 05, 2004 at 10:11 AM
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In Reply To Ok I have a question about solid lifters posted by Antonio(850rwhp?) on November 05, 2004 at 09:17 AM
     
Message Those cams are made for hydraulic. Ramps profiles on hydraulic are different than solids. The ramps on hydraulic cams are more agressive than solid because they run zero lash. Solid ramps are longer and slower to take up the lash gradually to avoid damage and bouncing the valve on the closing side. You may run into valve train wear issues in the long run.

When you lashed the solid lifters with the hydraulic cams you are actually reducing your lift and duration of the cam than if you had used hydraulic with zero lash. Solid cams advertised duration and lift is taken into account after the lash. My Tomei cams I profiled are advertised at 270. On the cam profile machine which does not take into account lash it came it at 288 because of the ramps.

     
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