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I've been looking very seriously into a roller cam to be retrofitted into my LA 360. Giving 2nd thoughts now that I'm hearing more about problematic lifters



MY thoughts ...almost exactly. But I was thinking more in-the-line of a RB engine for an RV application.

Some of these RV/towing cams that Crane and CC make have radical high lifts, short duration, quick ramps and absolutely require the usage of a roller lifter(a flat tappet cam would go "flat" in no time) .....

B U T ...I have yet to see any type of reliability testing on these aftermarket parts. And I have heard many horror-stories HERE and elsewhere about these lifters failing.

What specifically ? ....guide bars falling off ... and the rollers coming apart and filling the motor with that junk.

WHEN the aftermarket can convince me of a fail-safe part(like the OEM has) ...I will stick with a flat tapet cam and USE the good-oil