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Wrong Lifters? Wtf?

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  • Start date Start date Dec 9, 2015
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Always something with my cars....

Long story short, im buying a paxton novi 1000 kit along with an edelbrock performer rpm upper and lower intake.

Ive had a loud lifter tick on cold startup for awhile now, or even when that certain lifter is depressed after shutting off.

I sold my explorer intake setup tonight, and decided to pull lifters out to inspect. I pulled one apart that was in the engine, then took one of the old ones that came out before the rebuild and guess what- the ones that are in the car now are about a 1/4 of an inch longer!!! Wtf? They both came out of 302s, how is this possible?

Only thing i can think of is the lifters in the motor now are from an E7TE block, my block in the car is an F3SE.


I was just going to flip the lifters over so the bleed holes face the intake galley and hope that solves the issue.


Input? Thanks
 
Last edited: Dec 9, 2015
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