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Not that Im interested in more rpms, just the way it makes power to there in comparison to hydraulic. The LT5 has no problem revving but if youve taken (for instance) a Gen 1 with a hydraulic and put in a comparible sized solid you know what Im talking about, seems like the motor "works" less at higher rpm
. Not that I wwould have funds to do this, but it intrigues me...That would be awesome to have a solid LT5.

I built a motor for a freinds stripped out stepside a few years ago...Long rods, great heads, etc etc. Used a typical 246 @ .050hydraulic...Moto[/email]r ran pretty hard. I swapped in a comparable solid cam with damn near the same specs and could not believe the difference in how it grabbed rpm and how effortless it did upstairs. Sure it was a 2v head, but still...

I havent really checked out these lifters yet but if they operate anything like a typical Gen1 on principle I would think a large stroker that use a lot of cam could really pick up some power with this done. Trying to learn here.

Only thing I know about chains is the few that are flotaing around still...Supposedly they are prestretches/stressed as without doing that GM was having problems with them snapping from having a lot of rpm thrown at them. Maybe someone can elaborate more on that.

Doesnt the tesioner take up any kind of slack so if say you milled the heads there wouldnt be a tension issue?

Good discussion, keep the input coming