Camshafts

Dave Williams dave.williams at chaos.lrk.ar.us
Sat Apr 3 17:15:43 GMT 1999


-> will never gain the full lift and duration of the leak down lifter.
-> Huh?? Aeration.   If there is any air in the oil, the lifter won't
-> fully pump up. Remember these little suckers use a lot more oil than
-> stock lifters to work.

 That's why you sometimes hear cars come into the pits at a track event
going "tickety-tickety-tickety" at idle.  They've aerated the crankcase
oil until the lifters aren't able to stay completely pumped up at idle,
and they're soft enough to miss the cam's opening and closing ramps.
                                                     



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