I’ve come to a point where I feel it best to ask the peanut gallery. After a long learning process and overcoming many issues thanks to everyone’s help on here I have to make a choice. The 67 dart is back on the road and seems to be running fairly well. The issue I noticed is that three of the old lifters lose oil rapidly after not running. After the car starts up and warms up they do pump up, but it takes a little time and I’m thinking future performance issues and a noisy valve train.
What’s in the car right now is an old hydraulic Mopars performance purple cam 484 lift 284 duration. It’s an 383 with edelbrock performer rpm aluminum heads, performer rpm intake and 650 speed demon carb. TTI big block a body headers.
The car is a factory 4 speed and 3:55 sure grip in the rear.
The lifters in it are at least 20 years old and are standard flat tappet lifters (not sure if factory Mopars or not). I’m tight with money right now so I want to make a choice on lifters that can be used again for future upgrades. Questiones:
What is a quality lifter to fit my needs? I’ll obviously just replace them all. Is it better to spend more money and get the best quality you can afford?
Can I buy lifters that can later also be used with a roller hydraulic cam? I’m thinking I’ll eventually may change out my cam for a hydraulic roller don’t have the money for this anytime soon.
What is a good future hydraulic roller for this setup? Lift, duration, centerline?
Thanks as always.
Carl
