Originally Posted by Tod74
I got 20 sum passes out of my 1st BBC before roller lifter broke, cracked/dented the block in the cam tunnel,ruined the cam, beat up 2 of the rods around the cap where it smashed into lifter parts. So much crap went through it the crank had to be turned.
to make it worse the block was a december 69 cast 512 block(1970 ls-5)
Todd, i'm almost betting you had horizonal lifter ties on that cam, i had that happen in the 80's with 7/16 push rods, it broke an end of the one of the ties. I'll never in my life time use horozinal tie lifters again.
Contagious, they say you can reuse the MLS gaskets, i've never ran them so i can't speak personally, but i do reuse Copper gaskets, as does every top fuel and top funny car owners do.
JMO
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