Good article - I figure why mess with a good thing - it was designed for solids. Even though not looking for high rpm, just a good running and sounding engine. That was the first time I ever worked with solids. Fun engine to work on ! ; ) -----Original Message----- From: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary H. Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 4:56 PM To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Solid Lifters vs Hydraulic for a Poly 318 Reminds me that Steve Dulcich had a column about this years ago. http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/techarticles/engine/mopp_0312_solid_vs_hydraulic_lifters/viewall.html Sounds like you and your wife are pros at valve adjustment! So why switch to Hydraulics? Great homemade valve adj. tool btw. :) Thanks, Gary H. > -------Original Message------- > Any advantage to changing to a hydraulic cam? > > > My ’62 of course came with mechanical (solid) lifters. I plan to > warm it up with the first step up in Schneider custom ground Poly > camshafts offered by Gary P. I have no problem staying solid, had > great luck doing the heads last year at this time. (3-angle grind, > surfaced, manganese bronze guides, positive lock stem seals, new springs). Had the wife out > the helping adjust the valves, runs very nice and quiet now. ... -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to 1962to1965mopars+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.