What's the difference?

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What's the difference?

25 May 2007 22:31

What's the difference between a roller cam and a flat tappet cam? We have roller cams right? I know it's probably a dumb question but....

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Re: What's the difference?

25 May 2007 23:10

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Well I'd say neither. They are more of a solid lifters. A roller cam has steeper lifts because the lifters have a roller on the tip.
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Re: What's the difference?

26 May 2007 03:48

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KZ's have flat tappet cams for the reason Mark stated, no rollers

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Re: What's the difference?

26 May 2007 04:11

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yes we have flat tappet cams, the rollers have a roller on the lifter that follows the profile of the cam, the advantsge is you can get higher lifts and profiles with a roller than you can on a solid lift cam.

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Re: What's the difference?

26 May 2007 05:29

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what they said!

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