130hp 4KQ motors?

[Huw Powell]

> still confused, i think there might be a terminology    problem here.... the
> cam followers are cylinders that sit on top of the valves, the cylinders
> carry shims in the top for adjustment.  this is what i know as solid, ie non
> hydraulic  followers/lifters.

sound right

>   im not too familiar with them but i thought
> hydraulic followers/lifters  where fingers which followed the cam and rocked
> against a central fulcrum to push down on the valves.

those sound like rocker arms - driven by push rods on single cam "V"
engines, wihtout getting too technical and showing how little I know...

Hydraulic lifters are in the same place as solid lifters, ie directly
between the cam and the valve stem - they are self adjusting (no shims)
due to oil pressure keeping them the right height.  basically.

there a picture somewhere on my site of a head with no cam (actually,
probably quite a few!), you can see the lifters in a row down the
center.

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Huw Powell

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