66Runt said:You will hear people say that you have to constantly adjust solid lifters. (IMO) they've got their heads up their ass, or they are parroting the wrong people. I've gone over 60K miles without even looking at adjustment on solid lifter cams. There are only two reasons to re-adjust solid lifters. Valve recession and valve-train wear. Both of these have more to do with picking the wrong stuff, or poor assembly techniques, than the fact it's a solid lifter.
brin0357 said:One question, how can you tell a mechanical cam vs a hydraulic cam. Can you look at it and tell? Is it in the hardness or angle of the lobes?
brin0357 said:Interesting, we have cams laying all over our shop and sometimes I will measure them too see how much lift they have got. Some of them are pretty big, but I wonder if they are a solid or hydrauliuc cam. Why would you have more duration?