Bad lifter tick

[Jason Harwood]

The only downside to meth is when your pump gives out or you run out of meth at full throttle. Same with water.

[John Hartman]

same with gasoline.  Or diesel.  or propane.  or engine oil, tranny oil, coolant etc.

maintain your shit, live with failures or walk.  And then do so in bare feet cause shoes can fail too.

[Bryan Hoytema]

Good to know Now I gatta figure out if my ignition power transistor is failing or if I just have foul sparkies ,Ill start a new thread I think for this, thanks for the info on this subject !

[Jordan Kruger]

if youre missing in 2 cylinders then it could be your power transistor.  but your car will sound like a subaru and back fire like a mofo.

[Bryan Hoytema]

well it has super shitty gas millage ( wrose then normal), I dont think its that, my spark gaps might be too big then and when boost enters it blows out ..?

[John Hartman]

yep, thats a for sure on the plug gap.

And don't use platinums or other "fancy" plugs.

Just NGK BPR7ES, gapped to around 0.30

[Bryan Hoytema]

well how long are spark plugs last for ? .. like I guess I could use new ones becasue the last time I put new ones in was late march ..I had evolution throw some in for me while I had other safety parts installed

[kevin derhouson]

you should be fine, unless you have major problems or have been running pig rich since march :p

[Robert Vorley]

   I struggled with ticking lifters even after I replaced the old stokers with 3g lifters.   In a matter of a week they ticked like a mofo in some spots. I swapped out the certain 3g's that crapped out and it still had a light tick...   

I have run the revised lifters from rtm (http://www.rtmracing.com/xcart/product.php?productid=17200&cat=1502&page=1) for a couple of weeks and no ticking.  Where did you get yours from?

[John Hartman]

I have those Rob, and once in a while I still here one slapping away when cold.  Usually they are fine, but once in a while I hear just one, and its never the same.  And it goes away fully, like a switch being thrown.

Imagine how I felt when I first heard this just after I had finished building my engine...  One lifter sounds hella like a rod knock...

[Robert Vorley]

That sucks john.

Thanks for the info, now I am emotionally prepared for the let down when it happens.
 
My old 7 bolt use too be "clacky" until it warmed up but I just told everyone that it was a hemi.

[John Hartman]

oh its not that bad.  one start in 10 will do this as its warming up, usually just 1 lifter, but sometimes 2.  Its a non issue really other than I like things to be better when they are the new improved parts and brand new

[Brett Haviland]

thicker oils will also cause a bit of lifter tick on cold starts... its a trade off..  the thicker oil is great when it reaches op temp...  but it also is a bit thick on cold start ups and has issues getting to the lifters super quickly.

[John Hartman]

synthetic helps keep them good for a long time and doesn't get so thick in the colder temps.

[Jason Harwood]

synthetic helps keep them good for a long time and doesn't get so thick in the colder temps.

I didnt think synthetic had anything to do with that, as it too has recommended heat ranges to be used in.