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I have no idea whatsoever what lifters I have. The lifty kind

 

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Got frustrated today and decided to start the car and let it warm up again. The fresh oil change is Valvoline R&P so I figured I'd see what happened. To my surprise it slowly started getting quieter. It was so bad at first I for sure thought I had something bouncing around inside my valve cover. Burped the cooling system and took it for a spin. Ran strong. Still a small tick, but I am hoping it will be on its way out. If not, I will probably go with the FRPP lifters. Did some research after reading what you guys replied. Think that'll be the way to go if the problem persists. Time to give it a bath with my new 18V handheld pressure washer. Will update after getting more miles down.

 

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I think that’s the first full picture of your car I’ve seen.

I’ve got like 700(?) miles on the valvoline R&P. I’ll be cutting my filter open to inspect at 1,500 miles. Curious to see what it will look like.

 

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DadLife0724 said:

Thought this might be pretty funny. It is kinda ugly. What yall think?

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Nice Iraqi Campaign Medal

 

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If you know you know brother.

 

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DadLife0724 said:

If you know you know brother.

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Those painted barriers look like Kuwait.

 

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DadLife0724 said:

Those painted barriers look like Kuwait.

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Al Jaber AB. Although Afghanistan related, the mural is the important piece here.

 

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FRPP lifters for your setup. Never had an issue with mine 7000 plus rpm

 

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Habu135 said:

Al Jaber AB. Although Afghanistan related, the mural is the important piece here.

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Ah. Trackin like a VCR.

 

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DadLife0724 said:

Ah. Trackin like a VCR.

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More like a Betamax in my case.

 

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Changing belt tensioner today and noticed this. Any idea why someone would do this? Maybe tensioner was out of range and this was someone's idea of a fix?

 

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To get more tension on the belt. Pretty common with blower setups.

 

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Noobz347 said:

To get more tension on the belt. Pretty common with blower setups.

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Definitely no blower here. I did put the tensioner back into the factory hole and it put my tensioner back in range. I only have 3mm of clearance between belt at water pump. Car seems to run fine like that but it does make me nervous.

 

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I also noticed fuel pressure hanging at 40. I pulled vacuum tube and I am getting no vacuum at my regulator. With the new plenum I had to run a longer vacuum line to the regulator. I should still be getting some kind of vacuum though I would think.

 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair

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Yes on the vacuum reading, check for crack or spongy spot.

 

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