Camshaft Selection

[Gary Derian]

I got a set of Rhoads lifters way back in 1968.  Trouble is they don't work
as they claim.  Letting lifters leak down only reduces lift, not duration.
Plus, oil viscosity varies greatly in an engine.  If they were a good idea,
OEMs would all be using them.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>
>
> On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Gwyn Reedy wrote:
> > What I put in: 204/214 duration, .476/.502 lift and 107/117 separation.
Also
> > put new 1.7 ratio rockers and Rhodes bleed-down lifters. Hope is that
the
> > lifters will make the cam look just about the same as the stocker at
2200
> > RPM and less and then pump up and give the benefit of the increased lift
> > above 3-3500 RPM. Trying to get the best of both worlds. Will tell you
all
> > how it runs in a month or so after it is back together.