Roller cam and lifters

It might be true,....but I suggest you DON'T...why?...you're rolling the dice. It's cheaper to use a brand new set everytime you replace a cam and prevent re-doing the intake, valve covers, etc if one of them starts showing a collapsing problem (noise).
BTSTDTRT, it's worth the insurance....although in your case, it might set you back more than the $100 a new set costs (shipping, customs, etc to Norway)......... You can remove them and inmediately sink them in a container with engine oil, keep them in the oil until you're ready to re-install them....Roller lifters are not subject to the wear patterns flat tappet lifters suffer from, it's a matter of the hydraulics. Hope this helps.

Well, neither the lifters nor the cam were worn in any way, and there weren't any noises from the engine what so ever, apart from the lovely V8 rumble

Guess I'll take my chances... or can it hurt the cam in any way?

Dag B.

Norway

little_e said:

Well, neither the lifters nor the cam were worn in any way, and there weren't any noises from the engine what so ever, apart from the lovely V8 rumble

Guess I'll take my chances... or can it hurt the cam in any way?

Dag B.

Norway

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Nope....it shouldn't do any damage. GL

STOPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!! Do NOT reuse your roller lifters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I just learned the hard way when one of my "reused" roller lifters grenaded and ate my brand new custom cam, sucking out a cam bearing in the process, and requiring the engine to be pulled out and torn down to fix the damage.

New ones are about $100. Don't risk it.

I used new lifters on my cam + head swap. You can find someone on ebay usually will pay atleast $30 for them so it doesnt work out too bad.

Lifters won't be cheap for him - he's in Norway! I reused lifters on a mild cam and things were OK. Get much spring pressure and cam lift and things change.