solid lifters or hydraulic lifters
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From: St Louis MO
Originally Posted by fs1
hy i`m frank from berlin. i don`t know want kind of lifters are in my engine. solid lifters or hydraulic lifters. how can i find out?
thanks frank
thanks frank
Brett
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From: San Antonio TX
Well, the easiest way is for you to tell us what year and what engine you have.
The only C3 engines that used solid lifters from the factory are the smallblock LT-1, the bigblocks L-88, L-89, and L-79, and LS-6 in '71.
Assuming your car has the factory engine and it hasn't been modified, if it isn't one of these, then it most certainly has hydraulic lifters. If it did have solids and you took the lash out of it, I really doubt you'd even be able to get it to run...even poorly.
The only C3 engines that used solid lifters from the factory are the smallblock LT-1, the bigblocks L-88, L-89, and L-79, and LS-6 in '71.
Assuming your car has the factory engine and it hasn't been modified, if it isn't one of these, then it most certainly has hydraulic lifters. If it did have solids and you took the lash out of it, I really doubt you'd even be able to get it to run...even poorly.
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From: Hillsborough NJ
Originally Posted by gerry72
Well, the easiest way is for you to tell us what year and what engine you have.
The only C3 engines that used solid lifters from the factory are the smallblock LT-1, the bigblocks L-88, L-89, and L-79, and LS-6 in '71.
Assuming your car has the factory engine and it hasn't been modified, if it isn't one of these, then it most certainly has hydraulic lifters. If it did have solids and you took the lash out of it, I really doubt you'd even be able to get it to run...even poorly.
The only C3 engines that used solid lifters from the factory are the smallblock LT-1, the bigblocks L-88, L-89, and L-79, and LS-6 in '71.
Assuming your car has the factory engine and it hasn't been modified, if it isn't one of these, then it most certainly has hydraulic lifters. If it did have solids and you took the lash out of it, I really doubt you'd even be able to get it to run...even poorly.
