i disagree with one thing moper, the lifter bodies are oiled by the main oil galley their setting in, thats why i'm afraid of shutting the oil off. dont want a stuck lifter. another thing i was thinking of is when people tube the right galley, they drill a small hole in the tube at each lifter for oil. if i plug the left galley i'm shutting off all the oil to that lifter bank.
No problem. You're the builder so d what you feel is appropriate. When I run a solid roller I always bush the bores. When I bush a lifter bore on a street rather than race engine I add a small hole in the bushing to make sure the body gets oil during idle times when there's not a lot of drainback or splash. Many other builders don't. IMO on a racing engine this is not necesary. That's because there is very little need for oil on the lifter body beyond what's running past and being flung around. So yes - the bodies are oiled by the galleys. But no - it's not necessary and in terms of oil control and keeping it where it's really needed (bearings) that type of oiling is a liability.
There are many ways to skin the same cat here, and some that wouldn't worry about it anyway.
