Listen, it’s a bad idea. When guys are breaking flat tappets and other valvetrain parts it’s time to get help from someone who knows what they are doing, because they don’t . Or they need to ramp up their maintenance program. Changing the rules for racers that can’t build reliable engine is stupid. I’ve made about 200 runs with the Coronet. It has a flat tappet cam as per the rules, and we have never broken a valvetrain part during my time as the driver. It’s a Hemi in that with not the best valvetrain geometry. So there is a great example of when something is assembled with the right parts how good the reliability can be.
Not really worried about an internet discussion how I’m perceived about this. I think it’s a bad idea and I spoke up about it.
So you think just allowing roller lifters is going to make this a cheap sport and make everybody reliable? You don’t think anybody’s going to exploit that and make the engines run harder than they do right now with these new parts? Then we all have to buy a roller lifters and roller cam to keep up. Then we all have to buy roller lifters and roller cams to keep up. How many good Stock eliminator racers are looking for a roller lifters for their engine? More or less than 10? Wie will have 10,000 RPM 396s, then how much money are we going to spend to keep up with them? BTW, you can get quite a bit of performance out of lower valve spring pressures if the right parts are used.
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Originally Posted by Frank Castros
Thanks Hoven for your nice compliment. "This guy" thought you had more class than that, I guess I'm wrong on both counts.
Would it not be less expensive to run roller cams than a billet mechanical cam and unreliable lifters?
The Stock Eliminator rule book changed forever with the liberalizing of cam duration and valve springs.
You guys are already spending big money.
It's just food for thought.
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