"FORMER Bow-tie guy!"

I'm glad you saw the light ...

NAH! I am just funnin' with 'ya ...

I became obsessed with the 305/350 TPI at one time, but I sought professional help before buying one.

The SBC is a wonder, I will give them that.

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Well, if I'm being honest....I kind of love hydraulic lifters!

I also prefer hydraulic tappets (roller - anti-pump up and adjustable) on a street engine.

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Hard to beat the awesome sound of our solid lifter Y-blocks or a 289 High Performance.

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"Hard to beat the awesome sound of our solid lifter Y-blocks or a 289 High Performance."

Correct you are, but ...

There are 'special situations/occasions' where one desires to sneak up on the competition with stealth ...  

You perform your 'show me what you have' (under hood check), the install looks OEM and there is no excessive mechanical noise and then you proceed from there.

Can hide a lot of events in a roller.

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Fnding quality hydraulic lifters, whether flat-tappet or roller, can be a problem. 

Yes...They sound great...but I'm lazy!  I also don't like having to risk leaky valve covers every few thousand miles.  

You shouldn't have to adjust the valves every few thousand miles. 

How often are you supposed to do it?  I was thinking every 10,000 miles or so?

Probably a bit of overkill but a 10K interval for setting the valve lash would be okay.  That would coincide with the old once a year tune-up interval back when those cars were daily drivers and were also in need a set of spark plugs and points.  Unless the car is a daily driver, then the valve lash adjustment could potentially be put on a two or three year interval rather than a mileage interval.

I check the valve lash at 40K mile intervals on my’55 Customline with its 272 Y.  That coincides with when I change out the spark plugs for new ones.  Electronic ignition has made the old 10K tune-up intervals sort of a moot point and definitely overkill.  The last time that spark plug change interval came up, the valve lash was checked but needed no changes so unless I hear something going on under the valve covers, they will not be checked again until the next spark plug change interval.  The car currently has 335K miles on it while the engine has 223K miles on it since the rebuild and the addition of the E4 Isky camshaft.

This is just the way I do it on my own Y so don’t let this be the final word on the subject.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)