View Single Post
Old 10-08-2023, 09:45 PM   #45
Alan Roehrich
Veteran Member
 
Alan Roehrich's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Murfreesboro TN
Posts: 5,130
Likes: 1,590
Liked 1,908 Times in 427 Posts
Default Re: Flat tappet lifter failure

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stan Weiss View Post
Ignoring pushrod angle against the lifter. A flat lifter / cam really produces no side loading.


Again ignoring pushrod angle against the lifter. A roller lifter / cam will produce side loading. Look at pressure angle.


While a roller lifter doesn't the max velocity limit of a flat lifter, at does have other limits. Again look at pressure angle.



Stan

Yep.


And they haven't gotten into the differences in lifter diameter, lifter wheel diameter, or what all of that will do to the rest of the valvetrain, like the rocker arms, rocker studs, rocker stud bosses......




As usual, a lot of people THINK they know. Then they'll be stunned at the can of worms they opened. They fail to understand, they do not want that genie out of the bottle, because it will NEVER go back in.
__________________
Alan Roehrich
212A G/S
Alan Roehrich is online now   Reply With Quote
Liked