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I am thinking of using solid roller lifters in my 440. Is there anyting special I need to do to use them? Can I drop them in and go? i know I will need the right lentht pushrods and such. Just wondering if there are anything out of the ordinarly I will need to address with going with solid roller lifters. Thanks.

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you need a roller cam , a bronze or composit dist. gear. should have a button or some means to set end play on the cam to limit movement as the rollers dont have any taper on them. correct valve springs , thats a good start.

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You need a set of lifters that will work without having to bush the block - this means that the rollers must be shrouded on the oil galley side. Ask here before you shell out the coin.

If you bush the block, ignore what I just said.

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You need a set of lifters that will work without having to bush the block - this means that the rollers must be shrouded on the oil galley side. Ask here before you shell out the coin.

If you bush the block, ignore what I just said.

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I guess that is what I was wondering about. The drive gear, button and springs I knew about. The block is not bushed and how do you tell if the lifters are shrouded on the oil galley side?

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Several things come into play as far as which lifters you need, tell us about your cam, new, used, reground or not, small base circle cam, how much lobe lift, steel or cast core camshaft and so on I've used a lot of solid roller camshafts with and without the special lifters in unbushed blocks I'll post a picture of both types once we see if you need those type or not I had one race hemi motor using a solid roller high lift cam need the special lifters