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For me, I wouldn't put a nickel into a flat tappet cam block, unless there's a cheap & easy conversion to roller hydraulics.

Originally Posted by rspears

For me, I wouldn't put a nickel into a flat tappet cam block, unless there's a cheap & easy conversion to roller hydraulics.

Understand where you're coming from Roger, but some folks are on a pretty tight budget and there's enough knowledge and experience on this forum to help the guy do it right the first time and hopefully with limited problems. FWIW, when I rebuild the 400sbc in the garage the old 30-30 is going back in.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Understand where you're coming from Roger, but some folks are on a pretty tight budget and there's enough knowledge and experience on this forum to help the guy do it right the first time and hopefully with limited problems. FWIW, when I rebuild the 400sbc in the garage the old 30-30 is going back in.

Nothing wrong with going to a flat tappet cam if you know the issues, and understand the importance of breaking in the cam/lifters and keeping enough zinc rich oil in there at all times. Problem is you can round off a lobe in a couple of thousand miles if a lifter stops turning, and then by the time you know about it you've been circulating all of that ground off lobe throughout the engine, doing all kinds of nastiness. Simply not worth it if a guy's starting from scratch, but that's just my opinion, and those are like belly buttons, right?