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TangMan50

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I'm in the middle of a rebuild and was curious if the roller lifters can be reused if they are in good shape? They look fine... Just curious if anyone else has reused them. I'm tossing in a B303 in place of the stock cam..
 

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You should be fine. They aren't susceptable to the wear patterns that flat tappet cams and lifters are.
 
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Yeah, they look great. I was hoping to reuse these since they looked good. Didn't really care to drop $120 for a new set. That's $ that could be used elsewhere! ;-)
 
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ive never had to buy new lifters... actually that is a j/y part i keep my eyes peeled for.
 
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Ah, so even if I got a diff set of heads you can still reuse them?
 

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Yes, sir!
 
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Nice, I'm picking up a set of gt40p's today. Do these work with both the stock intake and the intake manifold too?
 

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Yes, although you may want to look into a better manifold since the heads now outflow the intake.

You will need different headers though...or have to use 90* plug boots on several plugs
 

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yes and no

you can install old roller lifters as long as the camshaft is new.if youre running a used camshaft, you have to replace the lifters.make sure the rollers turn freely and there is no excessive wear if reusing.this info is straight from the tech section of mustang and fast fords magazine.this is for roller lifters too and not flat tappets
 
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