When uprating to solid tappets do you fit rs1600i ones, or are there after market ones which are better?

obviously double valve springs are going to be used again

this baby's gonna rev

 

come on

 

Thought you would buy them with the cam as that will need replacing if you do it, something to do with ramp angles?

 

thats what i mean dan, when you want to fit solid tappet do you fit new 1600i ones or is there an after market one that is prefered.

 

You have to buy 'em with the cam.

New 16i ones are like rocking horse sh@t

 

99% of the time solid tappets dont come with cam's its either standard or anti pump ones, will jsut have to order some after market solid ones then.

 

Of the top of my head I think Kent does some solid lifters as some of the 16i boys have had rebuilds with their cams and used their lifters.

 

The cam has to made specially to take solid lifters. Speak to Kent about what you are after mate.

 

yeah they do as i was going to buy some for my old RST setup but decided anti pumps and double valve springs was enough.

this time i want more rev's

 

What did you rev it to on that set up?

 

only standard limiter, remember i never got it setup, but fook me she went went for 9psi.

was a good setup, for what i want.

I not a "no lag" person if i didnt want lag i would have brought a super charger.

my laggyness prevented alot of wheel spin and seing as i wasnt into 0-60 it worked very well for me and so i want to do something very similar.

after than cam, i went to a piper t2, which was indeed less laggy, but didnt preduce the same power delivery that the kent one did.

 

u want the proper ford ones the piper andkent ones are shite

 

yeah i am getting my ford contact to price up a standard cam kit.

but am unsure how well standard cam and tappets take to constant high rev's i.e i want a 7.5k limiter

 

hence i was going to fit 16i after market solid tappets to a standard cam, with double valve springs.

catch my drift brom.

 

CheeRS Ryan, just wondering that's all, because I was going to go for solid lifters on mine to make the cam "future proof" should I need it, but changed my mind due to the extra labour involved in shimming them correctly so they didn't rattle. It's all new to me this.

I now have what you had, Anti- Pumps and Double Valve Springs, aiming to rev to 7000rpm with them.

 

Ryan you want a Newmans cam and Solid Lifters

They have been the best out of all the cams we have tested, for use on my own car.


Andy