Have a cam I bought for a 69 302...
Was wondering if I could put this cam in a 1986 roller motor and use the roller lifters...push rods...and rocker arms already in the motor ?
nope. the nonroller cam has a slight taper to spin the flat tappets in their bores.
the roller cam is flat faced because you don't want the rollers spinning in their bores.
Not possible to use the roller lifters on a flat tappet cam, because the steel roller will wear out the cam lobes. If you want to use std. lifters and matching push rods everything should be fine.
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ok..thanks all who responded...
Need a roller cam then....
should it be an e...b...or f..303 cam...
Have a c4 automatic....want it to idle good..
and still run...stock cam in there now...