Do you need to put 2 spacers on under the rocker on the rocker posts like it says in performance ford mag ?

Any tips on fitting the solid lifter cam ?

 

no m8 not with there new style solid lifter just set them to inlet 8-10 exhaust 10-12 thou job done, there were a few problems with the earlier lifter.. have you got the tool for holding the lifter?

i'll send you some pictures tonight of pumaracing head..

sean

 

yes mate ive got the lifter adjustment tool

i was just worried i had to go to the scrapyard to get some spacers off a old cvh head

 

ok ive fitted the cam but the lifters keep coming loose how tight do you have to do them and the best way of doing it

i did them real tight but they still come lose

 

quite tight u must use loctite also

 

how long ago did you purchase the cam and like tim said they have to be very fooking tight.

sean

 

i got it just the other day i set them all up and they have come loose twice now

 

Sounds obvious but did you put the lifter clamp in a vice??? You won't be able to do them up tight enough holding it in your hand...i used 2 spanners, one holding the bolt to stop it moving when tightening the nut, the other to do the nut up.....as said above do it up as tight as you can. I've got the old lifetrs and had to use 2 spacers, didn'r realise they'd rectified that issue now

 

yeah mate thats what i did in the end went out and bought a vice then put the adjustment tool in the vice all good now

 

Cool...glad it's all sorted, not a job u wanna be doin too often is it!

 

Thinking of getting a newman cam for my XR2Turbo, what sort of rev 's can the solid lifters run as my limiter is at 6500rpm at the moment and it drives me nuts

 

Beyond 6500rpm is the reason why you change to solid as the hydraulic lifters pump themselves open beyond there as they can't drain off fast enough.

 

Cheers Daz, I new that already mate hence the limiter, Just wondering if there was a limit on the solid items???