RWD_cossie_wil

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as title for a YB engine do they need special cams or are they interchangable?

GARETH T

solid lifters need different cam profiles

why do you need solid lifters

RWD_cossie_wil

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8600RPM GARETH T

GARETH T

abdr500

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go for solid as the hydrolic dont last long i know what you mean ring burtons in ilford they ve got them

Porkie

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Errrrrrrr..... thats not what I thought.

CozzyBrom

thats right pork chop mine are fuked after 3 track dayz with 8800 rpm but got my new solids going in next week with secret cams

Porkie

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oh right, yes if you rev them that high I can kinda understand. But I thought that solids need reshimming every now and again. Where as Hydaulic lifters go on alot longer in a normal sub 8k rev limit engine.

I like my solids, they sound cool

RWD_cossie_wil

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soo, any ideas on HOW MUCH THEY COST?? how long do they last in general amd how do you shim them up?? is it on the valve stem or on top of the lifter?

Ian M

mondeo diesel solid lifters are what you need

CozzyBrom

there around Ł22 each then you need shim kits and cams Ł210 each from blanks

RWD_cossie_wil

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BD16's no good then?

CozzyBrom

no they not you need them in solid profile due to the run up ramps the profiles on cams are diffant

RWD_cossie_wil

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Porkie

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Sound really hardcore when revving, just do it!

RWD_cossie_wil

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doing my head in, I keep buying stuff then having to sell it to upgrade what they sounds like porkster??

Charlie Chalk

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i so want you to get your car running will

RWD_cossie_wil

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not the only 1 radders but i want it 110% before it goes anywhere

markk

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you can use solid lifters on hydraulic profiles , but not the other way round as brom says , the ramping angles are differant , tbh im having to change to solids due to the hydraulic units giving up after a good hard thrashing !!!

and also , cam profiles are better for the solid units

Karl

markk,

Sorry mate you are wrong. You can't use solid lifters with a hydraulic cam profile as a hydraulic profile does not have the gentle acceleration ramps used to take up the tappet clearance due to full time tappet/lobe contact.

It's actually the other way round, you can use a solid cam profile with hydraulic lifters.

boost mad

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so what tappets do u need for bd16's? and y do they need shimming?

markk

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my mistake , thinking about it , i was using solid profiles on my normally aspirated YB on hydraulics

Fastmaul

I'm gonna get some solid too's, now brom, what about the secret cams!

CossieRich

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For people such as me who arent as technically clued up as some, wot are solid lifters, wot does it mean and y change from hydraulic. thanking you please.

RWD_cossie_wil

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it means rarther than having a "floating" type bucket arrangement, where the engine oil takes up the adjustment, the lifters are a solid lump of metal with no moving parts. It means that they dont suffer from "pump-up", which can result in piston to valve connection as when being revved hard the hydrulic follower can fill up with too much oil, hence giving the valve more lift

CossieRich

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Thanks for that. I understand that perfectly.