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The oil hole in the lifter is more for lifter bleed down
Posted by
aliaZ
on November 02, 2007 at 2:49 PM
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Probably the 350Z engine has been engineered to allow oiling
posted by LitlElvis
on November 02, 2007 at 02:20 PM
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than for cam lobe lubrication, and contributes to a problem of too much oil accumulating under the valve covers. Solid lifters would be an ideal way of eliminating the excess oil in the cylinder heads.
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What are the downfalls if any of running solid lifters?
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550HPTT
13:22:41 11/02/07
According to Kyle they can go 60k+ before needing adjustment
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Eric(NJ)
13:34:05 11/02/07
Kyle also said you need to have the right cams
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na300zx (OH)
13:51:48 11/02/07
I will have after market cams, Im looking to have some
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550HPTT
13:55:36 11/02/07
A cam grinder told me that you can run
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AZHeat
14:00:07 11/02/07
No oil hole to lube the cam lobe...
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LitlElvis
13:47:04 11/02/07
Actually you will have more than enough oil. Because
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AZHeat
13:53:37 11/02/07
Probably the 350Z engine has been engineered to allow oiling
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LitlElvis
14:20:53 11/02/07
The oil hole in the lifter is more for lifter bleed down -
aliaZ
14:49:56 11/02/07
Yup. (n/m)
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AZHeat
15:46:02 11/02/07
good info. didn't know that. (n/m)
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spotz
16:11:58 11/02/07
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