I have my motor apart right now. During the disassembly process, I accidently mixed a few lifters up from the 4 & 6 cylinders. The other 6 cylinders I kept track of, I just had a little "mix up" with those lifters and now I'm not sure which ones go where. Do I need 4 new lifters? I'm just gonna put everything back together exactly the way it was, but I'm not certain if possibly moving a few lifters around might cause me problems. I *think* that since the cam is broken in, the lifter placement is not as important now, but I just wanted to make sure. (On another note, I haven't had any problems with my existing lifters that I'm aware of, what is the advantage of the new lifters from TA? Could I have another problem and not be aware of it? I don't have any ticking or anything.) Thanks! -Bob Cunningham
You must either use new lifters or put the exact lifter back on each lobe it came off of. You don't want to put #3 intake back in the #5 exhaust location. And so on. Will it matter? Chances are ... yes.
John, 'm pretty sure you can put new lifters on an old cam, but can't put old lifters on a new cam. I didn't know if you could put old lifters on an old cam, and apparently the answer is "no"! Thanks, -Bob C.
