ebay cam followers??

Jono FD3 · Post by **Jono FD3** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 3:50 pm

hi guys, has anyone had any experiance with the ebay cam followers?
Just replacements from rimmers, etc seem to be about the £100 where as the ebay ones are £55-60.

Cheers
Jono

DaveEFI · Post by **DaveEFI** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:28 pm

Unless Rimmer are supplying genuine parts (you'll know by the part number) they can come from anywhere. The price is no guarantee of quality.

ged · Post by **ged** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:35 pm

I get mine from Real Steel.

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:38 pm

Hi
Buying them from an otherwise unknown supplier you need to ensure they are for a Buick/rover v8 tappet not the chevy tappet as is the same external dimensions apart from the cup that takes the push rod. As there were more chevys made in one quater of production as rover ever made in the entire life of the rover V8 the chevy lifter is often sold in place of the Rover item, by less scrupules suppliers because they are so much cheeper.
Best regards
Mike

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:36 pm

kiwicar wrote:Hi
Buying them from an otherwise unknown supplier you need to ensure they are for a Buick/rover v8 tappet not the chevy tappet as is the same external dimensions apart from the cup that takes the push rod. As there were more chevys made in one quater of production as rover ever made in the entire life of the rover V8 the chevy lifter is often sold in place of the Rover item, by less scrupules suppliers because they are so much cheeper.
Best regards
Mike

Good advice!

Basically in my humble they are half the price because they are half as good!

The RV8 already has a reputation for chewing up the valve train, shove in dodgy lifters and it will eat them for breakfast!

robp · Post by **robp** » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:10 pm

Don't do it.

I did and 3 months later ended up doing the rebuild again with genuine lifters as one failed and damaged the cam

Ended up costing 2 x cams lifters gaskets plus replacing a damaged rocker where the follower failed

kiwicar · Post by **kiwicar** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:16 am

I must admit as this is a racing truck it would seem an excallent oppertunity to stick in a big fat high lift mechanical cam and matching valve springs. . As you have to replace the lifters any way the differance in cost between sticking with a "standard" cam and a performance upgrade is reduced by the cost of 1 set of lifters. It just seems a good idea to invest a little extra cash and get some cheep horsepower, after all you are not worried about in town manners and reving this engine is a good way to get power out of it.
Best regards
Mike

Jono FD3 · Post by **Jono FD3** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:57 pm

I see your point Kiwi...... but finances are a little tight at the moment and can't realy afford hundereds for a cam kit at the moment

It's got a mild cam at the moment mind, so I'll give that a go first and see what it's like as I'm aiming for torque more the bhp with this lump, but like I've said to a few people.... this might change after driving it at the first event ass I've only ever driven the 4.6 rover v8 and that's in a P38 which kind of kills performance a little!!

Jono

BrenG · Post by **BrenG** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:05 pm

I remember RPi going back to OE lifters from Land Rover because they had a few issues with the ones they were using, but they were expensive.

Buy cheap, buy twice.

sidecar · Post by **sidecar** » Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:05 pm

RPI told me a story about a parts manufacturer called 'Bhere' or something like that. They made thousands of lifters where the inner cup had been machined incorrectly. It would flip round inside the follower which cause all sorts of damage. RPI were doing good business rebuilding engines that had suffered damage because of this.

I bought my lifters from RPI, they get them made in the US by a company that makes most of the standard lifters in the US, they do have the right size cup!

Jono FD3 · Post by **Jono FD3** » Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:12 am

Looking for other options on the lifters, and came accross the Crower Cam Saver lifters which supply more oil to the working face of the cam....
Anyone used them before.... or what are your opinions?? oil pressure drops by 1-2psi acording to the jargon on them, but they are cheeper than the stock lifters in the UK (about £65), but obviously carrage will put the price up a touch!

Jono

need4speed · Post by **need4speed** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:53 pm

Buy genuine landrover lifters. pricey for a reason - they last! They are also quiet as a mouse.