Keeping roller lifters with new cam

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11-15-2009, 04:35 PM

MBcamaro1990

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Keeping roller lifters with new cam

I have a tbi 305 and would like to change the cam soon, could I keep the stock roller lifters (am I correct that it has roller?), while replacing the stock cam? I know this can be harmful for non-roller systems, but have no idea for these.

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11-15-2009, 05:33 PM

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Re: Keeping roller lifters with new cam

I suggest to read all the sticky posts in all the forums. Starting with the TBI forum, will make it a easy swap.

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tbi/...-ultimate.html

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11-15-2009, 06:49 PM

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Re: Keeping roller lifters with new cam

So long as the roller lifters are sound and have no obviously defects , scoring of the rollers ,etc they can be reused on a new or used roller cam.
Flat tappet lifters must be matched to the cam lobe they came off and can not be reused on a different cam