WARNING ABOUT ELITE LIFTERS!!!

[oldhead]

Yes its the old nitwit again.Its 3 am and I out with my 1000 hp street car on a expressway that has the one else in sight GOT MY NEW ELITES I run high gear out,near 7000 I see the oil pressure drop to 15#.....I drive home about ten miles with near 0 oil pressure.....Rip it out and take it apart....Push rod broke...pushrod came out of lifter with pushrod cup (Nothing holds cup in on Elites) causing a 3/8" leak to upper part of engine...oil press is 0 below 2500, 20# at 6000.......Lost bearing,cranked needed to be cut to .030 SO LOSE A PUSHROD-LOSE A ENGINE WITH ELITES.....OLDHEAD sick

[oldhead]

BY THE WAY...Elites are the only Comp Cam lifters that the lifter cup is made without a "Self centering angle" that centers the rod in the cup, causing other problems Oldhead Still crying

[Smell Ya Later]

You must be new at this game. Lots of setups loose pressure with lifter failure. You shoulda called a tow truck or a buddy. Your fault for smoking the motor.

[oldhead]

62 years in the game,Damage happened at 7000....Elites are made in a way that cause LARGE oil leaks...I have drive home from the track 25 miles with other style Comp lifters with pushrod out with no problem..Oldhead

[Smell Ya Later]

62 years in the game,Damage happened at 7000....Elites are made in a way that cause LARGE oil leaks...I have drive home from the track 25 miles with other style Comp lifters with pushrod out with no problem..Oldhead

Why did you drive it home with no oil pressure? My wife wouldnt even do that.

[91stang]

I bet that 100$ tow bill sounds cheap now!

[S10LS2]

Yes its the old nitwit again.Its 3 am and I out with my 1000 hp street car on a expressway that has the one else in sight GOT MY NEW ELITES I run high gear out,near 7000 I see the oil pressure drop to 15#.....I drive home about ten miles with near 0 oil pressure.....Rip it out and take it apart....Push rod broke...pushrod came out of lifter with pushrod cup (Nothing holds cup in on Elites) causing a 3/8" leak to upper part of engine...oil press is 0 below 2500, 20# at 6000.......Lost bearing,cranked needed to be cut to .030 SO LOSE A PUSHROD-LOSE A ENGINE WITH ELITES.....OLDHEAD sick

Perhaps find a new engine builder. At most find a new driver, lol.

[wyrmrider]

why I run a rev kit
would it have helped in this case?

[S10LS2]

Lost the bearing from no oil pressure and a 10 mile drive. yikes

[af2]

Yes its the old nitwit again.Its 3 am and I out with my 1000 hp street car on a expressway that has the one else in sight GOT MY NEW ELITES I run high gear out,near 7000 I see the oil pressure drop to 15#.....I drive home about ten miles with near 0 oil pressure.....Rip it out and take it apart....Push rod broke...pushrod came out of lifter with pushrod cup (Nothing holds cup in on Elites) causing a 3/8" leak to upper part of engine...oil press is 0 below 2500, 20# at 6000.......Lost bearing,cranked needed to be cut to .030 SO LOSE A PUSHROD-LOSE A ENGINE WITH ELITES.....OLDHEAD sick

So between 3 am and 9:20 am you found all this out?
Nothing holds the cup in the lifter body?
The lifter next to the one ruined with the tie bar is OK?

I am trying to find a reason you would drive home but also why you think the cups are NOT snap ringed in the bore.

[lada ok]

( quote) " So between 3 am and 9:20 am you found all this out?
Nothing holds the cup in the lifter body?
The lifter next to the one ruined with the tie bar is OK?

I am trying to find a reason you would drive home but also why you think the cups are NOT snap ringed in the bore.[/quote]

SO ! what are you ? a detective or something ?

" The ol ' mule don't appreciate you laughing at him!....... now if you fella's just go ahead and apologize ,... I recon he might just forget all about you scarring him like that

[JoePorting]

Did you have too much valve lash?

[oldhead]

The lack of a snap ring caused the problem....Oldhead

[ClassicComp]

No the pushrod breaking caused this. Why did the pushrod break?

[Warp Speed]

No the pushrod breaking caused this. Why did the pushrod break?

THIS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^