This is what I use on head bolts and intake bolts no matter what I’m building.This is the one that I use. I don't know if this is what they are referring to. I'm guessing not, it doesn't smell like a dog's ass.
Same here . We vibrate everything loose on that rail.
I don't think they can hurt a wideband, I have never found it to hurt mine.
I think luanch is on to something100% false on LS's needing the short travels to run reliably above 7k. I've always run factory lifters. My current one has oe hydraulic lifters in it as did all my previous LS engines that were turning 7500. Current one goes to 8k no problems. I haven't had a lifter or valvetrain fail yet
People like Kenny with turbo cars use the Johnson short travels because they are turning high 8k and even 9k rpm. And the Johnsons are also tie bar which eliminates the possibility of a lifter turning in the oe plastic lifter buckets. Knock on wood i haven't had that happen. But it has happened to some people. Which is why these days on high $ builds most people will use proper Bam or Johnson tie bar lifters in LS to eliminate the plastic lifter buckets. But plenty have run the oe lifters successfully also
Now on Fox's stuff, his lifters shouldn't be scored like that after such little run time. He has an issue somewhere i believe other than the lifters themselves. In my mind even the cheapest china junk lifters shouldn't be scored so quickly
Just to add, i have lifters from 200k mile old LS engines with zero scoring on the lifter bodies
It's good Fox is buying proper proven parts, but if he has lifter bores that don't have enough clearance (assumption, maybe they're ok) he could burn another $1200 soon and then want to burn the car down. Hopefully he can find the tools to measure the lifter bores and lifters to make sure the clearance is in spec. If there was any unusual rough spots in the lifter bores hopefully his first set of lifters honed it out smooth for him
Who is Kenny and why the fuck should I care.................Except i just realized when i said high mileage LS lifters have zero scoring, it's all been aluminum blocks, so of course the lifters will still look new because the block will be wearing instead of the lifters. Fox is going to get some wear showing on the lifters being an iron block but it just seems a bit excessive too soon. And he won't listen, but he should run 15/40 mineral diesel oil. Even Kenny in all his previous 1500+hp turbo LS cars using Johnson hydraulic rollers he was running Rotella 15/40 mineral oil. Turning 8800rpm. No issues. He cracked a cylinder head last time because those heads he was using weren't strong enough to do what he was doing. Not sure what oil he's using in his new fresh build, if he's fallen for the high dollar synthetic race oil salesmen or not
It seems to be all about Clevelands now.
The Hitler of engines. So horrible I won't even add new content to my own thread
