British Parts Northwest sells nitrided lifters. I just put some in my car,
so if you buy a set please let us know if they're decent.
-Erik
At 12:13 PM 9/4/2002 -0500, Larry Young wrote:
>After destroying one valve train, I'm trying to do things right this
>time. I took two sets of new lifters (one from TRF and the light ones
>from Moss) to be hardness tested. All of them tested less than 30 Rc,
>i.e. no hardness. From what I've read in the archives, I should have at
>least 56 Rc for a racing application. Does anyone make decent lifters,
>without going to the smaller GT40 lifters? I'd like to stay with full
>sized lifters. Has anyone considered having lifters made or having the
>soft lifters hardened? Do we know the type of metal they are made
>from? Ok, and now for the stupid question. If the reground cams are
>not hardened, why do you need 56 Rc lifters?
>Larry Young
>Forever Young Racing
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Erik Quackenbush, Midwest Filter Corporation
1-847-680-0566 http://www.midwestfilter.com
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