Anybody running a crane 741 cam w/ Lightning headers
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Im looking at buying that cam (168741)in the next day and trying to find out if im going to have reversion problems.
They are the standard wet Lightning headers on a 9.5 to 1 gen 6 motor.
I read that you have to change your lifters. Did you have to change your roller lifters?
Thanks for your help in advance.
They are the standard wet Lightning headers on a 9.5 to 1 gen 6 motor.
I read that you have to change your lifters. Did you have to change your roller lifters?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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From: MT. JULIET, TN.
Im looking at buying that cam (168741)in the next day and trying to find out if im going to have reversion problems.
They are the standard wet Lightning headers on a 9.5 to 1 gen 6 motor.
I read that you have to change your lifters. Did you have to change your roller lifters?
Thanks for your help in advance.
They are the standard wet Lightning headers on a 9.5 to 1 gen 6 motor.
I read that you have to change your lifters. Did you have to change your roller lifters?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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I ordered the 741
It does not have to much more lift then the cam I had in there.
I really didn't want to have to buy lifters then probably pushrods to. Already put enough into the heads and others stuff.
I will see how the lifters look with the retainer bar with the new cam.
It does not have to much more lift then the cam I had in there.
I really didn't want to have to buy lifters then probably pushrods to. Already put enough into the heads and others stuff.
I will see how the lifters look with the retainer bar with the new cam.
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Do you have the lightning standard headers? I take it you just limted the flow to them then just dump the rest of the water out a water port? How hot do they get?
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I had a 741 cam in my 540 with Lightning headers. They were not stock though. I dumped the the jacket water over using a restrictor valve and then using a pressure bypass valve I added raw water to the exhaust at higher engine speeds. It took a little tinkering to dial the system in, but after one false start it worked flawlessly. Running almost dry at idle the motor was pretty loud. I liked it but had many people commenting on the noise.... including 2 DNR stops and one ticket.
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