was tune-up routine? now Solid lifters

[peter at thescirocco.com (Peter TheScirocco)]

Clattering lifters.... What are you talking about?
 If solid lifters make a clattering, there's something wrong.

None of my solid lifter engines, have ever needed any shim adjustments, or made noise.

Most the hydros, that I've owned, have had noisy lifters(cam followers), except for my 1.8L 16V PL in my '79 Scirocco, the 3A in my '83 GTI, and the 2 driveable 2L16V donors.

If I had a choice of using a 3A bottom end with a JH head, or a 3A hydro head. I'd go with the 3A head w/intake, to keep the larger intake ports of the 3A.

VW solid lifters seem to require NO maintenace, they last uber long, and they should be fairly quiet... 

Peter L

 -------- Original Message --------
> From: "LEF" <rocco16@sbcglobal.net>
> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 7:19 PM
> To: "Chris" <open.seas@verizon.net>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Subject: SPAM-LOW:  was tune-up routine? now lifters
> 
> While this may have been true forty years ago, modern (and we can consider the '80's VW heads to be modern) hydraulic lifters are the equal of solids in any category you might want to choose.
>   There are good reasons that no automaker puts solid lifters in their automobiles today.
> 
> If you like the sound of clattering lifters, you must love the graunch of self-machining transmissions and the snapping/clicking of wasted CV joints.
> 
> larry
> sandiego16v
>   The only reason to use a hydraulic head is because there was no choice, 
>   it came that way, or the user is a wuss. Real men and women prefer solid 
>   things. 
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