sbc lifters..........
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Taylor Michigan
Nearly all of the companies that offer lifters are re-packagers including those selling camshafts. They just place them in there boxes. Two companies, Johnson and Stanadyne are the leading manufacturers of lifters.
Last edited by Ironcross; Nov 3, 2006 at 03:26 PM.
Safety Car
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From: San Antonio TX
You get what you pay for. While there are only a few manufacturers, but they don't make exactly the same lifters. And there are off-shore brands as well (read that as cheap). Of course, if you have a super-fat wallet and a somewhat small brain and believe in overkill, there are always Schubeck: http://www.schubeckracing.com/componentsmain2.html
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2004
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From: New Cumberland PA
Originally Posted by Ironcross
Nearly all of the companies that offer lifters are re-packagers including those selling camshafts. They just place them in there boxes.
From what I read, name brand means little. Most companies just buy their lifters from China and put them in their box.
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From: Unreconstructed, South Carolina
Johnson Lifters
Yes ... there is a difference.
Johnson aka HyLift-Johnson aka TopLine HyLift-Johnson ... they're very good and still made in USA after MANY years. They manufacture & supply many of the biggest names including OE.
TopLine HyLift
1185 East Keating Avenue
Muskegon, MI 49442
231-722-1100
Johnson ... "The Beautiful Lifter" ... good stuff ... call 'em
Also ... www.camcraftcams.com sells Johnson ... ask for Charles Reichard.
Also ... CF member GOSFAST apparently did/does work for a shop in NE USA that did/does sell Johnson.
Johnson aka HyLift-Johnson aka TopLine HyLift-Johnson ... they're very good and still made in USA after MANY years. They manufacture & supply many of the biggest names including OE.
TopLine HyLift
1185 East Keating Avenue
Muskegon, MI 49442
231-722-1100
Johnson ... "The Beautiful Lifter" ... good stuff ... call 'em
Also ... www.camcraftcams.com sells Johnson ... ask for Charles Reichard.
Also ... CF member GOSFAST apparently did/does work for a shop in NE USA that did/does sell Johnson.
Last edited by jackson; Nov 3, 2006 at 12:12 AM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2003
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From: Fremont CA
BEWARE of offshore or foreign made lifters! Johnson is a good quality and I think Standyne went back into production too. My good friend owns a automotive machine shop, he used to buy quality lifters for about a buck a piece on 128 piece crates, the went through hell about 2 years ago finding flat tappets, the supply situtation is much better now. Know that lifter tolerances are critical down to the tenths of thousands of an inch, you don't want poor quality in this area. Also remeber to use a good quality oil with Extreme Pressure Additive which is getting harder to find (Valvoline race oil, Kendall GT-1, and most Diesel oils still have a good EPA in them.)
