Originally Posted by
Ad4m RST
Solid lifters not an option then? Newman have profiles just as good as Kent 34 without all the group buy hassle, or am I missing something?
Yup Newman do only one CVH turbo profile and it's very very lazy!
Originally Posted by
project rs
they only do 2 of the shelf ones, 1 is to go with the zvh engine other is for cvh engine and is a bit lazy like the piper t2 and i am just after something a bit closer to factory cam and spoke to someone running karls custom one and he said it's the best he's had in every way
Spot on!
Originally Posted by
Rob_DOHC
Sounds like he's done what we want then lol may even be that he's based it on a kent/piper profile anyway.
I think it's very similair to the Piper 285T (not the T2!!) and Kent CVH34.
Originally Posted by
JesseT
I've been under the impression that it's not the cam only that is the problem, it's the bad hydraulic lifters available that cannot cope with harder cam material either. I think making their own solid lifters was not a choice by Newman, they were forced to go that way.
Also true, the lifters are made from equally poor material and the bases end up looking like the head of an old chisel!!
