[ganzaigeorge]

Hi,anyone used the original Rhoads lifters,especially on a standard cam?I have a new set. ,and since I have taken the heads off my 302 I am in a position to fit them.They seem like a good idea,since one of my lifters is noisy and I could possibly gain some performance albeit small ?

 

[kapri]

The idea of Rhoads lifters is to 'tame' a wilder cam to give a more reasonable idle. As such they would lose you performance rather than gain it. Also they are ticky in operation as well anyway

 

[GT350]

rhoads lifters are better suited to high lift cams

 

[zephyrc]

Rhoades bleed down at lower rpm, making a long duration cam appear smaller..no place at all on a stock camshaft,,as stated you would loose power at the bottom of the rpm range and gain nothing up high

 

[mygasser]

i'll second the noisyness of them at lower revs, although they do 'exactly what it says on the tin' and tame a 'too much' cam for better driveability at lower revs.

 

[ALS57]

i'll second the noisyness of them at lower revs, although they do 'exactly what it says on the tin' and tame a 'too much' cam for better driveability at lower revs.

I'll third it, they sound awful

 

[ganzaigeorge]

Point taken,thanks for all the replies!