Roller Cams in Stock Eliminator?

[Bill Grubbs]

Originally Posted by john ancona

Suggestions are what is needed for sure ,I am not going to speak for Terry or any others,
I have said in the past on here the reasons as to why a change is needed , for my self I have been racing NHRA for 50 plus years now like many of my friends have, I still seem to be hearing the same story about flattened cams ,and ruined lifters form many
along with engines that have been ruined , so it's not just two of us supporting that something be done

Not calling you out, but John you don't speak for me either.
JMHO...Keep Stock...Stock!
While we cannot undo past changes... we do have the ability to stop future changes!
As far as lifters are concerned, we toasted a SS engine first rnd of qualifying at Denver. We had a lifter go bad and take out a camshaft. The full extent of the damage has yet to be determined. At best it is a lifter, a reground cam, and a pushrod. At worst...we shall see.

This was a $$$$ lifter. **** Happens. We have not had a stocker lifter go bad since 2007 (knock, knock, knock...knock on wood) and that was a Schubeck lifter which exploded on startup. We have now had two roller lifters go bad in the last 5 years. If your having lifter issues, then fix the issue...don't change the rules! We found our issue for the first SS failure...it was an issue put in place by a now closed engine builder in the Houston, Texas area. The current issue appears to me to be a bearing failure. we will determine whether it is a material failure, or if the failure was caused by some other issue within the engine. Either way, I have complete confidence any future failure will not be for the same reason.

I do not believe in the concept of "One person ****s their pants...everybody wears diapers!"