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Dec 29, 2006 | 01:21 PM

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Conanski

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Originally Posted by Jrock909

Will I need to convert over to roller lifters and everything on the block to get that cam to work? If I do already have a roller cam would that mean that I already have roller lifters...?

The thing that makes a roller cam different from a flat tappet cam is the lifters. A roller cam uses roller tipped lifters, there are no rollers on the cam itself, the only real difference with it is how it's finished. On a flat tapped cam the lobes are unfinished, just a rough casting, only the bearing surfaces are polished. On a roller cam both the bearing and cam lobe surfaces are polished. This is to give the roller lifters a smooth low friction profile to follow.

P.S. And yes, you already have roller lifters.