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Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 12 years, 6 months ago #11613

joepaluch wrote:
I don't thing solid lifers are good. I don't want to deal with them at all (rules or no rules)

There has to be other options....


I agree and they are also light and therefore present a performance advantage but I was pointing out the "other" option.

Perhaps one of the 944 companies would purchase a lot of lifters if they knew the supply was guaranteed to sell?

Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 12 years, 6 months ago #11614

944Racer72 wrote:
Perhaps one of the 944 companies would purchase a lot of lifters if they knew the supply was guaranteed to sell?


I will look at WorldPac and IMC and see what is still available and at what price. The biggest issue is that they will be INA lifters, which I have experienced about a 33% failure rate with. Many are bad right out of the packaging.

-bj

Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 12 years, 6 months ago #11636

We are going to have to deal with some part shortages as time goes on. I've had pretty good luck with used lifters, and there are a lot of them out there for now, but it's not a great solution in the long run. We'll open up rules change request season in a few weeks, and have to hash out some of these issues. Anyone have any contacts at a company who makes lifters?

We learned some things at Nationals, which laid to rest some issues, and brought up a few others, which we'll bring up for discussion during this process as well. Start thinking about what you want addressed guys, but give me a little time to tie up some loose ends from this season before we head into what the AI guys call "silly season" (rules change proposal time).
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Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 12 years, 6 months ago #11691

  • RacerX
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Did someone mention lifters?????

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Once I get them all cleaned and tested I'll offer them up for sale, at a very reasonable price to those in the class.

I know it's not a solution to the problem, only a temporary fix. As with any car this age, getting parts will become more of an issue as time goes on. Just out of curiosity, how much would a set on INA lifters cost? I know on ebay, they go for as little as $50 a set and the sky is the limit on others.
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Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 11 years, 4 months ago #14819

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How do you test them and are you selling them?
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Re: Thoughts on Lifters? 11 years, 4 months ago #14826

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They are all sold.

You can see how I tested them here
www.944spec.org/944SPEC/forum/general/11785-lifters-4-sale
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