FYI,many a small block Chevrolet runs cast aka austemeper solid roller cams with solid roller lifters,MANY,MANY,MANY.Look in Jegs and Summit and any solid roller that costs less than $350 is cast.
Havent done it in a Buick but have several thousands of miles on SBC's with cast cams and solid rollers.
And why wouldnt you think a roller cam couldnt take any kind of roller lifter,solid or hydraulic?You guys do know what the differences between hyd rollers and solid rollers right?Has nothing to do with the oiling of the cam and the cams(solid and hyd) have the same ramped up lobe design.
I do not know much about SBC, but have much experience with Buicks.:smile:
First, if you put solid roller lifters in a turbo Buick, it should be to develop more HP running the engine to a much higher RPM range, like over 7000.
Do this with the mandatory hellish high spring pressures on a cast cam, and it will NOT survive for very long.
We, and others, run the 3.8's into the 9's with hydraulic rollers and a "cast" cam, so you so do not need solids to get there.
Second, the ramps on a solid roller cam and a hydraulic roller ARE different, at least in the Buick world they are. You can run a solid roller lifter on a hydraulic billet cam, but you leave some torque and HP on the table.
Third, even a solid roller billet cam [and usually the lifters too] would do well to survive 2 race seasons without having to be replaced because of excessive wear.
Fourth, we also do a good amount of Chevy engines also, and they too have their fair share of cam "issues" when built for race use.
Finally, I agree with 9SECV6, who would NOT use a billet cam with solid rollers.
or am I behind the times
That is where I see this going.
(baseball term) How 'bout giving us some facts to base your comments on. Maybe, we could learn something. What do you know that Nick doesn't?
