<VV> Lifters and other topics

[Bryan Blackwell]

The short answers are "yes" and "yes".

--Bryan

On Feb 26, 2011, at 7:18 PM, shortle wrote:

> And I wonder why the engineers chose to use hydraulic lifters instead of solid like our air cooled German brethen (whose initials I won't use this this forum to identify) also making compact cars. Was it for less valvetrain noise? Was it to reduce maintenance requirements?