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Old 04-17-2018, 07:23 PM   #12
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Re: Defective lifters from Edelbrock

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Originally Posted by rvrfoot View Post
Comp cam.
Comp cam is hit or miss too. I had the wire clips in their lower end lifters break in some of the lifters in my small block. I only noticed because i found pieces of broken wire in the lifter valley when I pulled the intake to change a leaking gasket. The brand new engine had to come out so I could completely disassemble to make sure there were no pieces left inside. I upgraded them to the c-clip type of lifters

Then I had several of their stamped rocker arms crack and break (thought I broke a valve). Found cracks starting in several more of them on inspection. Upgraded to a better quality rocker arm from them too.

Lesson I learned was the low end comp cam parts are JUNK.

On my LS build I bought a set of $$$ Morel lifters. The outsides of the bodies were covered in machining marks/scratches like they were completely missed in QC. They went back (vendor accepted them back without issue after he saw the pictures) and I replaced them with a high end GM lifter.
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