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67 prostreet gt said

If I may and I don't mean to argue but wouldn't the solid roller be better for street ability the only reason I bring this up is that on several blown engines that the engine builder I use have had lifted failure one of those being my dads 540 with a procharger he had a major lifter failure

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Hey, I can use all the advice I can get. You don't be shy about giving your 2 cents worth. I thought that keeping things as simple as possible would probably translate to increased reliability. Although my son finally developed an interest in cars, he doesn't like having to worry about maintenance any more than he has to. I sort of figured that any solid lifter configuration would most likely need the lash re-checked from time to time, so I tried to shy away from them. AS far as using a hydraulic roller, it seemed like more parts with the potential to fail. We really hadn't made up our minds about cam selection until we had the conversation with the COMP Cams technician. He was fairly certain we'd be able to pull more power from a roller cam, but given what we told him about our priorities, he recommended the hydraulic flat tappet. As I said before, we won't hesitate to do a cam swap later if we're disappointed with the level of performance we get. And we just may take your suggestion then. Thanks.