H.O. cam Reply #2 – February 17, 2009, 04:00:03 PM If it's a roller block why would you want to? Quote Selected
H.O. cam Reply #3 – February 17, 2009, 04:41:11 PM Not on a roller cam, they are made of steel and will eat the lifters within a couple hundred miles... Quote Selected
H.O. cam Reply #4 – February 17, 2009, 04:50:11 PM Tom, while they're supposedly a stronger metal, the Ford roller cams are still SADI cores.DI = Ductile IRON Quote Selected
H.O. cam Reply #5 – February 17, 2009, 06:20:46 PM Quote from: Kitz Kat;257288If it's a roller block why would you want to?A guy I work with has a '85 fairmont with a 302 and curiously a 3 speed manual. He wants to use a roller cam in his non-roller block but has the flat tappets. Quote Selected
H.O. cam Reply #6 – February 17, 2009, 06:25:31 PM Go with roller lifters.Does the block have the bosses to drill and tap the holes for the lifter retainer?If so,easy stuff. Quote Selected
H.O. cam Reply #7 – February 17, 2009, 07:18:26 PM Quote from: vinnietbird;257337Go with roller lifters.Does the block have the bosses to drill and tap the holes for the lifter retainer?If so,easy stuff.I couldn't tell you. I'm just going to tell him to get a crane cam or something. :disappoin Quote Selected