New cam issues,

Yeah but who's to say upon replacing the weaker springs with the right ones it won't wipe lobes? In fact, nowadays with any brand flat tappet, who's to say it won't happen? What I am seeing is there are way less failures with solids than hydraulics, but that's just me. I don't know about everybody else.
Yeah true, but in theory it should be work hardened by the time a normal break in happens.
I run solid flat with edm lifters + 20-30 lbs more spring pressure. But I sure am not running a comp,