400/450 stroker....Cheap parts, lotta work.
Gotta check lifter rotation so we lube the cam journals and slip the cam in. Leaving the cam lobes dry I put a dab of oil on the lifter face only and spread it around on the face with my finger.
I place the dry lifter into the dry lifter bore and mark all the lifters with a felt pen...........
Rotation is apparent on all the lifters after just two or three rotations of the cam..........
I'll now remove the cam until later when the bottom end is assembled and we re-install the camshaft fully lubed and time the cam. I'll go ahead and keep the lifters sorted to the lobes as tested, but really there is no need to keep the lifters on the same lobes as no wear has yet occurred. Still, we know they all work in their present positions so why not keep them there.
Gotta check lifter rotation so we lube the cam journals and slip the cam in. Leaving the cam lobes dry I put a dab of oil on the lifter face only and spread it around on the face with my finger.
I place the dry lifter into the dry lifter bore and mark all the lifters with a felt pen...........
Rotation is apparent on all the lifters after just two or three rotations of the cam..........
I'll now remove the cam until later when the bottom end is assembled and we re-install the camshaft fully lubed and time the cam. I'll go ahead and keep the lifters sorted to the lobes as tested, but really there is no need to keep the lifters on the same lobes as no wear has yet occurred. Still, we know they all work in their present positions so why not keep them there.