<VV> Rhodes Lifters

[BobHelt@aol.com]

Geoff,
Rhodes lifters are a special design with a very high leakdown rate. They are 
usually used in only long duration racing cams. The purpose is to decrease the 
effective cam duration at idle and low speeds, thus giving better low idle 
and low speed performance, while still retaining the long durations at high 
speeds that are ground into the cam. The problem with these is that they make more 
noise that most people can stand when running at low speeds due to the great 
valve clearance caused by the rapid leakdown. 
 Regards,
Bob Helt



In a message dated 1/24/05 10:42:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
geoffj@unm.edu writes:

> Bob,
> Could you tell as more about these lifters?  Anything special?
> More oil delivery ?
> Thanks
> Geoff Johnson
> 
> --On Monday, January 24, 2005 3:46 PM -0500 BobHelt@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >(with the exception of a very few specialty lifters
> >like the Rhodes  lifters).