Without a doubt, solid cams carry a certain mystique. In the musclecar days, solids were factory-fitted in some of the hottest iron out of Motown, including the early street Hemi. There was a little ...

Cars are intricate machines that rely on a series of chemical and mechanical processes to work properly. When things go wrong with one of those processes, your car can start to make some strange ...

At the very least, tearing down, inspecting, and cleaning hydraulic lifters is good engine hygiene that can contribute to long service life in your classic car. It’s also a great way to inspect the ...

When it comes to building engines, those equipped with hydraulic roller lifters offer major advantages to budget-conscious car crafters. Starting in 1987 with passenger-car small-blocks, including the ...

The Cummins 6.7L turbo diesel engine entered its fifth generation in 2019. In addition to improved output of up to 400 horsepower and 1,000 pound-feet of torque, the new engine's valve train featured ...

We begin our discussion with the most common cam type offered: the hydraulic flat tappet. Used in literally millions of production Chevy big- and small-blocks, to say nothing of the many V-6 ...

Sorry, solid lifters, you make a wonderful typewriter clack and allow for intoxicatingly high rpms, but you can't be surprised that manufacturers slowly moved to ...

With horsepower seemingly growing on trees these days, picking a set of high-flow cylinder heads for your engine combination is the easy part. A mother load of rotating assemblies and aftermarket ...

Melling's valve lifter kit is the complete, single-box solution for Ford 7.3L Godzilla V8s. Stop chasing parts & get all 16 ...

Once upon a time, most car engines used solid or mechanical lifters. But unlike most fairy tales that begin that way, there was no lasting happy ending for them. Hydraulic lifters first appeared in ...

Did you know that the Pontiac Firebird had an overhead cam engine? No, the Lotus designed LT5 with those exotic dual overhead cams from the Corvette ZR-1 never nestled under the screaming chicken ...