I am curious as to the drawbacks and whatnot of the diffrent types of cams. Solid/Mechanical, Hydraulic, Roller and Flat. What kind of precautions or high maintanance has to be executed?

 

Anythnig in a solid lifet , will require a bit of attention . You need to keep setting lash . I am not sur eof the intervals but , it's just more maintenance .

Hydraulic ... need to be set once then forget it . You can make nice hp with hydraulic cams , but top performaers liek the solid units .

Roller is superior to flat tappit . For obvious reasons ( less friction ) . Also you can have a more agressive ramp rate with a roller setup .


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