SBM Roller Lifter Choice

yellow rose said
I'd suck up the money and buy the Crane Pro Series Lifters. They drop in, are a solid body, will go in with the heads on if you hold your tongue right and they will live.

If you are using them on a hydraulic roller lobe, lash the cam at .0015-.0020 and you'll love it.

Edit: Crane 69554-16 is what you want. They now call it the Ultra Pro. I've used those with 340 on the seat and shifted at 8800 with them. A little under 800 bucks at Jegs. Hard to beat that. Crower also has a quality lifter for the Chrysler. I forget the Crower guy who is a member here. You may want to contact him and may get a discount.

Either or will be about the best you can get for what you want.

I haven't tried a solid roller lifter on a HYD roller cam but just in the process of debating which direction to go with. I have a set of each and already mocked both up. The solid definitely gives me better pushrod clearance while the HYD is being a pain.

What type of spring pressures have you used? I've seen one builder state having used standard 140-150lbs seat 340-350lbs open on about 100 SBC/SBF that spin 6800-7400 with no valve train issues. Meanwhile other respectable sources say to use solid roller pressures.