I'm seeing a pretty significant power loss and I just found out I have a bad lifter. Just checking to make sure if this would be the cause of my power loss.

 

wont it prevent the valves from opening or closing all the way...so i would think it would cause quite a bit of power lose.

 

I would think it would cause a power loss along with some wacky fuel readings, considering that not as much air would be entering the cylinder.

 

Explains why I blow black smoke.

 

What lifters were you running? don't you have a 230/236 also?

 

Well, if one cylinder is running like crap, there goes nearly 13% of your power. So on a 400 hp car, there goes 52 hp....

 

Wouldn't happen to be running Comp R's would you??

 

Yes I am why?

 

thats not good that you have comp R's and killed them. Are you running a standard XE grind or one of the higher lift versions?

 

LE2 cam.

Why is it bad? What does it mean?

 

Did you use to have a XE? for some reason i thought you had a 230/236 at least at one point. I was saying thats not good that you collapsed a Comp R lifter because i just had my intake off replacing my OEM lifters with Comp R's and i never want to have to replace lifters again. I thought these lifters were suppose to be indestrucible.

 

Reason I asked why is because I've noticed a lopsided ratio of guys with Comp R lifters that go bad vs. guys with standard OEM replacement lifters that go bad.

I'm looking at a possibility of a few bad lifters myself. Just recently I've seen pictures of a guy who had a bunch with the retaining tops having broken off.

 

Kinda makes me glad I went with stock replacement lifters, and didn't waste my money on COMP R's

Frank

 

Yes I used to have an XE 230/236 but switched to an LE2.

 

The LE2 is going to have more abusive ramp rates than a standard XE grind.