Re: Engine Rebuild Tips and Suggestions Needed!!!

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2015/4/22 12:15:25

Kanter's "lifters" are newly manufactured duplicates of the original Wilcox-Rich hydraulic assembly but really are not a complete lifter assembly, they are just the hydraulic plunger assembly without the cam follower. Thus to convert from solid to hydraulics you'd also need a full set of the cam followers. I'll leave it to someone like Ross to comment on whether the lifter oiling system for mechanical lifters will function with hydraulics.

Just my own opinion, but other than eliminating the need for a valve lifter adjustment every 30,000 or so miles, the quite costly hydraulics offer no advantage other than perhaps a conversation point. The Wilcox-Rich lifters were quite reliable and used an a variety of makes, but I don't think anyone could ever say a hydraulic lifter is more reliable than a mechanical lifter.