Re: Lifters? Help please!

Posted by Jim On 2012/2/6 23:18:33

Hi Folks, the fellow that gave us the tip had many odds and ends around his shop. He had Packard pieces and Lycoming engine pieces intermingled among the shop and I believe got a little mixed up about the 356 lifter coming out of a common Lycoming application because they are identical in design and look nearly the same. The lifter we saw there was shouldered and looked exactly like a 356 lifter (with a 356 core block not far away). In researching the Lycoming 0320, 0360, 0540, and 0720 these all appear to use a lifter with no shoulder. Perhaps this lifter could be similar to the lifter used in the latter straight engines, but I have no latter lifter to compare dimensionally so I couldn't say. Interesting to see the very same design lifter in aircraft application.