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I think there is too much weight to the valve train. Too much "mass" to be technically correct.

If you look at bdud's cam lobes, they are already scoured. At what, 1,000 miles?

Show me someone with profiles like the two of yours that has got some real miles on the engine and doesn't need to keep going under the valve covers after every run.

Do you think you are imagining this? What is the common denominator in both engines? Maybe the cam?

I suppose that I am just old, old school but I feel there is no place for a roller cam like those on the street?

Those are just "Pro-street" engines and need the maintenance of a Pro Stock race engine. What's the point?

Just my perspective. It doesn't mean I am right. It does mean I was entirely right (for me) in staying with a flat tappet, solid lifter cam. I understand that one.

I don't understand why these solid rollers fail at all, but to me, it's undeniable?

How many miles did Roger say he had on that engine?


If that was my engine, that cam would have been long gone. My neighbor would be lucky not to find it thrown over the fence. I am not as patient with this stuff.