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RE: Best Solid Lifters?
By Mike McQuesten - 10/07/2001 1:41:30 PM; IP 63.50.124.164
Your question is one I've asked before too John. And I've received a lot of opinions and ideas.
Royce's points about the shell offering less weight and better geometry are the exact reasons I've decided to go with the shell.
My camshaft, a Competition Cams 282S came with the waisted(also referred to as the dumbell) lifters. I've run this style of lifter before, both in a 428CJ(with no block alterations) and a 427. I had no problems at all in either case. Both engines would rev to 6,500 although it wasn't necessary with either cam. And with the CJ I only did this a couple of times. Made me a little nervous with standard CJ bottem end. Not very often with the 427 either. It didn't have any better bottem end. Just standard '64 427 crank/rods.
A question I recently asked but received no definitives answers to, was if the shell lifter used in the early '58 332/352 was designed for the early block which seems to have been cast with a hydraulic lifter system. I only have one early '58 block to base this on so understand this is mostly speculation. It seems that Ford may have had most everything set to go with hydraulic cam system for the new FE in late '57. But why did they go with the solid cam system for the first three months of production?
Based on this speculation, my theory is that the shell solid lifter would be the wisest choice for converting from a hydraulic cam to a solid cam in an FE. It helps to block some of the oil flow that is being wasted up in that region of the block with solids thus keeping more oil pressure down where it's needed.

But once again, I've decided to run the shell/correct 10.6" pushrod because of they're lighter and offer better geometry. Since my block is a '63 427, it doesn't matter a lot either way.

I think that when you buy a Crane solid lifter FE cam with their kit, the shells are standard. But with Comp the waisted/dumbell is standard. I'm not positive on that about Crane, it's just that their on line catalog only shows the shell and pushrod combo.

I just ordered my shell lifters and matching 3/8" pushrods from Blue Oval Performance. Their supplier for these items is Crower. I'm sure the shell lifters are all made by the same company. Blue Oval's price even beat Jeg's.
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 RE: Best Solid Lifters? -- darren, 10/08/2001
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 RE: Roller Rockers / Solid lifters -- Royce Peterson, 10/08/2001
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