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EARLY BOLTS
1916 - 1936
1928 Chevrolet AB Canopy Express
"Justin"
Discussing issues specific to the pre-1937 trucks.
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An internet friend of mine has a 1954 Chevy 235 engine
from a passenger car with power glide. The engine block
# is 3835911 with a date casting of D284 , which
translates to : April 28, 1954.
His plan is to have the hydraulic camshaft reground to
1954 solid lifter specs & then run solid lifters.
Is this possible ?
Need some in depth opinions of his plan.
Thank You,
George
'54 3600
1954 3600
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Why not just buy a new cam with the appropriate lifters? Regrinding a cam reduces the diameter of the base circle of the lobes and makes it difficult to get a good adjustment because the adjusting screws on the rocker arms have to be turned in too far. I've seen some rockers with the lock nuts on the underside to accomplish a deep enough adjustment. Changing the grind from hydraulic to solid would involve taking a lot of material off the cam lobes.
While he's at it, does he intend to install acetylene gas headlights, a magneto, and a hand crank for starting? Might as well take a giant leap backwards with the rest of the vehicle!
Jerry
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It will be cheaper just to buy a new cam and a set of lifters,when I built my 235 power glide the cam was junk and I put in a new hyd cam and lifters.
Pete
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Why? I have over 100 thousand miles on a rebuilt '56 hydraulic.
Cosmo
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