Laurie:
I think Jim (quoted below) would be one of the best persons to advise
you on this, as I think he has had much experience
tuning with cams on Alpines. (Not sure the address is current, but maybe
somone else can supply it, if not.)
Ron Tebo
> Subject: Lifters
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 1999 19:41:37 EDT
> From: TIGEROOTES@aol.com
> To: alpines@autox.team.net
>
> Christopher,
> Jerry Bodwell at Delta Camshaft in Tacoma, WA has refaced many sets of
> Rootes lifters for Pacific Tiger Club members over the years, and I
> haven't
> heard of a failure yet. Naturally, it depends on the amount of wear
> on the
> old lifter, and I doubt he would trust any whose faces are "chunking". He
> has around 30 tested profiles for Sunbeam, and a camshaft regrind costs
> $45.00. In SCCA Road racing, we determined Rootes valve springs are
> far too
> soft for high rpm use, as the lifters tend to bounce on the camshaft,
> causing
> the chunking so often seen.
> I really wonder about using the Ford lifter. Someday I will get
> around
> to measuring the differences. The lifter bores could be enlarged or
> bushed
> smaller as well, to accommodate any similar, and perhaps lighter lifter.
> Jim
Lauri Lehtinen wrote:
>Dear Sires (and mr. Lancelot),
>I have heard that nowdays it is chaper to order totally new cam than to
>regrind it to hotter specifications. Have you any links or experience about
>this?
>
>Lauri Lehtinen
>journalist, engineer
>Helsinki, Finland
>Mobile: +358 400 851988
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