Adjustable lifters

Walt Dupont--Me. said:
JSeery, look at the box you posted up above, It says ( Johnson style) right on the box. It's been a couple years since I had the ones I was talking about, may be there better now. Walt
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Yep, you are correct Walt (little surprise there!). Little sneaky how it's worded, but if I could read better it wouldn't matter. Thanks for pointing that out to me. They still seem to be good lifters to me unless you know of a better source.
 
The weight of the lifter is irrelevant, Back in the 80's the only thing you could get were the solid adjustables and I used then in many engines. I don't think most of youse guys are turning 5 grand but the solids will do that even with only 50 lbs of spring pressure. Now Walt Dupont can do the job of using the stock lifters on any cam you bring him and that's probably the lightest valve train you'll ever see. Only thise that live close enough to him will have a cost benefit, because the rest of you will have to ship your block there. I think he's the last person on earth that can do that for a REASONABLE price.
 
I bought some refurbished original Johnson lifters from Redd's years ago and have had no problems with them. This is a race only application though.
 
I used the Red's Johnson style lifters and they were hard as Hell to adjust. I broke both wrenches. It was the hardest part of my engine build...and I had floating bearings!
 
This is a little late, but I just got through adjusting the lifters (new, hollow) in my project. I drilled the 1/8" holes to make it easy, but the adjusters were so tight I was afraid a punch would break off. I ended up pulling them out to make adjustments. Of course the valve had to come out too. What a PITA.
 
If your lifters are truly hollow i.e. see through their centers, your punch will not break. If they have concaved sides and not truly hollow, then yes, it might.

Lonnie
 
I use the ford original lifters in my engines, I have a valve refacer but it takes ages to grind the valve clearance on it,so what I do is measure the clearance and machine it off in the lathe using an insert tool,then just debut them on the valve refacer,
I would like an old valve reface so I could machine the cam side of the lifter also.
But there are lots of things I would like.
Lawrie
 
Cartravel, I can't remember who to give credit for this spec, but be sure to "adjust" your lifter screws to no less than 60 in/lbs breakaway torque. Meaning the torque wrench will break or read at or more than 60 in/lbs as the screw begins to turn.

Lonnie
 
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