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Old 09-03-2007, 05:44 PM
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hydro cams?

how do the hydrolic cam liffter thing work on the 280? what makes it diffrent from just normal lifters?
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Old 09-03-2007, 06:28 PM
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Welcome to ZDriver! It's not the cam that is hydraulic... it's the lifters. They use the oil pressure to maintain proper gap between the rockers & cam. The mechanical (non hydraulic) ones don't. They need to be manually set.
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