In an ideal environment...yes.
In the real world...forget it.
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In an ideal environment...yes.
And just where have you seen this type design to make a statement like that?carmakerevive wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:52 pm The only possibility for this design should be that it NEVER returns from the trash ever again.
I would suspect he's basing his statement on what Mike Jones said: "I don't think any other lifters, in the history of lifters, destroyed as many engines as the Schubeck lifters."pdq67 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:41 pmAnd just where have you seen this type design to make a statement like that?carmakerevive wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:52 pm The only possibility for this design should be that it NEVER returns from the trash ever again.
Who made them? And so on and so forth.....
pdq67
Cmon, lets be practical here. Take a look at it - a non-captive floating element in an environment like that. tight lash or not... that means some trouble should it shift even the slightest amount due to vibration, debris or any misalignment... taking the rest of an engine with it on the way out.pdq67 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2017 8:41 pmAnd just where have you seen this type design to make a statement like that?carmakerevive wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2017 9:52 pm The only possibility for this design should be that it NEVER returns from the trash ever again.
Who made them? And so on and so forth.....
pdq67