Originally Posted by VernMotor
Not sure why you would want to do that. Most of us block it off so no oil gets there. But we run flat tappet cam. no reason to have oil there. More oil goes down to the mails and rods.


Only reason to oil the lifters from the galleys, as opposed to bushing the bores, is if you are using hydraulics or oiling the heads through the pushrods. Can still be bushed and drilled instead of having those huge oil leaks.

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