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Re: Lifter Hardness

To: Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com>,
Subject: Re: Lifter Hardness
From: Erik Quackenbush <erik@midwestfilter.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 15:18:08 -0500
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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