whats the cheapest way to retrofit a non roller block?
its just a cruiser, no serious power here.

i heard somewhere that you can use some GM V6 lifter set?

 

Curious also.

 

The cheapest way is to buy a roller type block.

 

That sucks! On Fords, you can just drill and tap for the "Spider" and use a factory set up dog bone lifter holders and roller lifters. All of the 302 blocks are the same from '68 to '95. Sometimes I miss my Mustang.

 

kid's right.

 

The cheapest price I have seen for retrofit hydraulic roller lifters for a sbc is $299

http://www.competitionproducts.com/H...uctinfo/91164/

Or for $499 a cam and lifter kit.

http://www.competitionproducts.com/H...info/CL110265/

Starting with a roller type block is cheaper.

 

Mmm from what I recall building fords, you couldn't retrofit a non-roller correctly because the lifter bores were shorter on non-roller blocks.

Maybe there's a way around that I knew nothing of, but I seem to recall the only option being buying a friggin expensive custom 'short' cam.

 

Ignore Grumbles, there's no problem ( other than cost ) with using the Howards retrofit lifters, which are $269. There's no such thing as a "short" cam.

 

I think grumbles was talking about fords in response to tater's post

 

I do plenty of SBF v8s too. with those, you don't need an '85 up block to use the factory roller lifters, but even so, they use the same cams as the '85-up blocks.

 

So you slum it up alittle sometimes huh. j/k

 

Shrug. I haven't bothered with Ford motors since my first car which was quite a while ago. I remember looking up retrofit options and finding out there basically were none. If you know how to retro a factory Ford flatty block please do fill me in, I have a buddy building one as we speak.