<VV> OT10 CAM , LIFTER NOISES

[Bruce Schug]

On Aug 13, 2009, at 8:59 PM, N2VZD at aol.com wrote:

> yup new everything.  rockers , balls , pushrods , nuts , lifters ,  
> cam  ,
> pistons , cylinders , etc.  the nuts  are NOT changing by  
> moving  ..the
> lifters are. only 2 lifters are the real culprits and all will get  
> changed  soon.
> the general all around noise of lifters at cam  (noises are not bad   
> with
> covers off) is way louder than what i call normal.  it is now a  
> touch  better
> with new break in oil (30 ND and lucas break in additive ) after @200
> miles.if you have ever heard a 327 fuelie with solid lifters, that  
> is what it
> sounds like. this is not my first corvair motor , but first one that  
> ended up
> like this , and it has not been a happy time.
> i will fix it later in fall , other things have to be dealt with first
> here.  it just ticks me off....
> i am blaming lifters at the moment.  more as i get time.
> *^%%$#@@##!


Somebody didn't sip a couple of Rhoads lifters in it did they? That's  
what it sounds like you have.






Bruce

Bruce W. Schug
Treasurer & Membership Chairman
CORSA South Carolina
Greenville, SC
Stock Corvair Group
Performance Corvair Group
bwschug at charter.net

CORSA member since 1980

'67 Monza. "67AC140"