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Recent content by River Rat

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    Best headers without breaking the bank?

    Accel Ceramic with 135deg bends.
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    Best headers without breaking the bank?

    Not familiar with the Flow Techs but the Summits are real similar to the Hooker Competitions I have on my 67 Coronet.
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    Best headers without breaking the bank?

    I may be late to the party…but I have a set of Summit coated headers on my GTX. They fit without any bashing.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    Thanks, I noticed it was a lot more than the standard “1/2 turn” you usually see.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    My buddy has a set of the “evolution” lifters that we are going to try out on his stroked 440. I will update when we get it running.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    I was pretty easy on it, nothing like you are describing.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    They were Lunati Micro-Trol lifters.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    I was talking to Schneider Cams last week and they had the same cautionary tone when talking about FT cams. I almost pulled the trigger on one of their hyd rollers. What did Competition Components spec for you?
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    The reason I started this thread is to maybe get some answers. I have been researching this for 4 weeks since it happened, 2 guys on here asked the same question I asked Lunati…how could that much damage happen in 15min? I don’t believe this was your typical wiped cam/break-in issue. That lifter...
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    I lightly increased RPMs to around 2500 a few times, the fans cut on twice and dropped RPMs a bit but never below 2000.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    After pricing a researching hyd rollers and all associated parts for the past few weeks that’s exactly what i decided to do today. Should have her up and running in a week or 2.
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    I’m running a Hughes FT cam and lifters in my GTX, a Comp FT cam and Hughes lifters in my Coronet, and prior to this issue a Lunati FT cam and Hughes lifters in this engine. The engine is fresh, only had 100miles when i decided to change heads and cam, wanted to bump up compression and go with...
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    Already tore it down, had minor scratches on the #1 crank journal, machine shop was able to polish out. Strangest thing was all the pistons were very tight on the wrist pin. Shop presssed out the pins and just cleaned up, everything was still in spec. Hope to put the shortblock together this...
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    Thanks, makes sense. I’m looking at hyd roller options now. This my wife’s 72 D-100…need to get it running…she’s not happy that I tried to “hop it up” a little bit for her:)
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    Lunati Cam/lifter went flat during break in

    Yes, purchased directly from Lunati. They are not far from me.
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