Which Hydraulic Roller Lifters?

[70ChargerRT]

I read your failure that lost 2 link bars, that sucks.

Short travels are much harder in parts than a regular lifter. I attached Hylift Johnson’s explanation. They are not like a solid lifter.

Those Morel’s were a poor choice on your engine, but it still should have lasted longer than 2k miles. Breaking one link bar is bad luck. Two says something was really wrong some place. Or Morel sent out some real junk.

I have seen Johnson’s limited travels hammer out the pin crimps on a tiny 218* @0.050” Lunati HR cam that only went 2000 miles on 2 lifter. Insane..I like Johnson, but even they have sent out some turds.

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Guess I made another poor choice lol but it could be those Chinese rebranded ones lol like the rebranded Johnson’s lol

 

[Dodge Bros]

Guess I made another poor choice lol but it could be those Chinese rebranded ones lol like the rebranded Johnson’s lol

Sure hope not!

As long as they operate quietly Johnson’s usually do well. The Johnson’s that failed clattered the whole time, and were not set up that well. But still should not have failed. One axle was half slid out, but a second axle slid all the way out and the roller fell into the rotating assembly and got wedge between a piston skirt and cylinder wall. It was a mess!

 

[Mopar Hunter]

So they only last 2k miles? If anything a reduced travel lifter should last way way longer because they act more like a solid roller lifter. If they’re not lasting 2 things are happening. A crap design like my morels or the engine builder doesn’t know how to set them up, way different than setting up a regular Hydraulic lifter. Its my fault for using the morels and Ill own it, didn’t do the homework, just sound advice lol. This time Im going to a Johnson reduced seat height and travel. Bob Madera thinks they’ll last. We’ll see.

Do you remember the item number for the Morels that went bad?

 

[andyf]

Which Hydraulic roller lifters did you use in your BB? Share the good and bad. Would you buy them again?
I'm going hydraulic roller in my 361 stroker build and want to see who's had good luck with the brand they chose and who hasn't.

We use Gaterman when they are available.

 

[Randy Wilson]

Latest Comp Evolution lifters call for .075” preload.
Back off till there is clearance, then get them to “zero”, then about 1-1/2 turns from there.

As told by the man I bought them from @PRHeads

Thank you

 

[70ChargerRT]

Do you remember the item number for the Morels that went bad?

I bought the lifters off
of Trick Flow which I confirmed were Morels. I do remember when I called Morel they told me I was running the wrong oil. Said I should have been running 5w40. I didn’t even ask which lifters they were at the time. The only lifters that Morel recommends running 5w40 are the short travels I believe.

 

[RemCharger]

Do you remember the item number for the Morels that went bad?

These are the ones I got ,about 4 yrs ago

 

[PRHeads]

The limited travel Morels are shown as “race only”, and as I recall are about twice the money as the normal street lifters