Re: Hydraulic lifters to non hyrdraulic

["Jim Haseltine" <Jim@ur-q.freeserve.co.uk>]

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From: Iain Atkinson (ETL) <iain.atkinson@etl.ericsson.se>
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> Has anyone ever converted an I5 head from hydraulic lifters to lifters
that use shims??? Is it possible even????

I've done this 2 (3?) times on Rover V8 engines (for our US cousins, this is
the old Buick/Oldsmoblie 215ci V8). It was (probably still is) an accepted
performance mod as most of the available hi-po cams were not hydraulic.
Valve clearance was controlled with adjustable push-rods.

Doing this to an Audi I5? Can't see the point. Unless of course you have
access to some trick I5 cam grind.

Jim Haseltine.