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Used Cam and Tappets in Another Block

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Any experience swapping a good original stock Ford cam and lifters from a problem engine into a good block? Are the tappet bores accurate enough between blocks that the original wear patterns will be the same?

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Ray. It sounds like your question was settled for you when the lifters got jumbled up. The reusing of lifters is a controversial subject and has been brought up before. Here are links to past threads on the subject. Some of these threads are several pages long and reading the additional pages will be necessary to get the full picture.

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic60188.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic53489.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic52298.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic33040.aspx

http://forums.y-blocksforever.com/Topic1161.aspx



Performing a search on the site will bring up more threads on the subject and you’ll see that opinions vary widely on this subject. From my own perspective, used lifters being moved from one block to another is a substantial risk. There’s already enough risk in using new cams and lifters without increasing the chance for failure by using used lifters from another engine. From a shop’s perspective, the risk is simply too high to provide any kind of warranty that could cover this. If I had to use a camshaft from another engine, I’d at least put new lifters on it to reduce the amount of risk of cam lobe failure. Valve spring pressure also plays into this and an increasing of the valve spring pressure over the stock values compounds the issue.



I’ll add that as long as new U.S. made lifters are available, I’ll not use reground lifters in a given application. I reserve the regrinding of lifters for those engines that no longer have a viable new lifter source available for them.



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Okay okay I have to put my $.02 worth. The location of the lifter bores are different from engine to engine (manufacturing tolerance) so I think that the lifters and or cam will wear differently and no way would I chance having to tear it down again!

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Vic Correnti (12/3/2011)
Okay okay I have to put my $.02 worth. The location of the lifter bores are different from engine to engine (manufacturing tolerance) so I think that the lifters and or cam will wear differently and no way would I chance having to tear it down again!




Yeah, this was my concern. Even though the cam will move fore and aft a slight amount, I suspect there would be a different wear pattern set up with the lifters in different blocks. "Tear it down again" Yes, especially with the captured lifters.

ray

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Forum Post Used Cam and Tappets in Another Block By ray ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post You should replace the cam bearings but the lifter bores will be OK... By snowcone ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Ray; I think it can be done, but there could be problems if you don't... By Rono ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post keep things in order and you will have no problem.ive often mixed them... By 314 ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Thanks for the replies and thoughts. The question is academic now... By ray ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Happenings like that can bring out quite a few choice words:P. It is... By 46yblock ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post How about regrinding it to the blower cam spec's? By slumlord444 ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post This cam goes into a [i]working [b][/b][/i] 272 powered F-350 so I... By ray ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Sum; Might be feasible but a re grind like that apparently often... By PF Arcand ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Ray. It sounds like your question was settled for you when the... By Ted ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Okay okay I have to put my $.02 worth. The location of the lifter... By Vic Correnti ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post [quote][b]Vic Correnti (12/3/2011)[/b][hr]Okay okay I have to put my... By ray ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post Vic: Now you have given me something else to think about while I'm... By Hoosier Hurricane ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post all this talk about cam wear has everybody running scared.everyone... By 314 ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post I can't see what all the panic and fuss is about.
It's not rocket...
By snowcone ( 14 Years Ago )
Forum Post i am sure no two blocks are the same but thats my point.lots of people... By 314 ( 14 Years Ago )


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