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HeavyHauler · 08-05-2020, 11:45 AM

So I can just run a steel distrubutor gear with that hydraulic flat tappet cam that I took out of there?

The engine was never broke in or fired up at all. The cam I pulled out is brand new and so are the lifters. The Howards lifters I was going to buy are for flat tappet hydraulic 454 engines and have a slot machined on the side of the lifter body. They do not rely upon a small hole in the face of the lifter. My oil pump has the pickup tube welded at the base so it should be okay.

I kept track and numbered which bore each lifter and push rod came out of even though the engine has never been ran.

08-05-2020, 11:45 AM	#4
HeavyHauler Registered User Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Posts: 381	Re: What would you do with this 454 and what distributor gear is needed? So I can just run a steel distrubutor gear with that hydraulic flat tappet cam that I took out of there? The engine was never broke in or fired up at all. The cam I pulled out is brand new and so are the lifters. The Howards lifters I was going to buy are for flat tappet hydraulic 454 engines and have a slot machined on the side of the lifter body. They do not rely upon a small hole in the face of the lifter. My oil pump has the pickup tube welded at the base so it should be okay. I kept track and numbered which bore each lifter and push rod came out of even though the engine has never been ran.