turbo buicks
ESADAH!!!
- Joined
- Jun 13, 2002
ive been wondering. instead of buying comps high priced roller lifters, why dont we just get a set from another car. lt1, ls1, ford V8, they have all come from the factory with those ductile iron cams and roller setups. plus we dont turn a lot of rpms and most go roller for reliability, and whats more reliable than a stock piece anyways, i measured a stock GN lifter diameter and it is roughly .819 inches. a lt1 (and prob ls1 also) roller lifter is .842 inches and certain Ford V8s with hyd rollers are .874 inches. now can anyone tell me why i couldnt drill out my lifter bore to whatever clearance lifters have in their bores and use a chevy or ford roller lifter with the comp roller cam? also if done this way the only thing that would need to be changed MAYBE is the pushrods due to possible different lifter heights. i dont know about anyone else but id rather spend $100 on pushrods than the $250 or watever comp prices their GN hyd roller lifters at, since ive seen complete lt1 lifter sets on ebay for $5