Originally Posted by bjuice

You should be very PARANOID about lifters......

i also destroyed a very strong running 511ci this past March 2008. ( broken lifter)

roller ball broke off the lifter on the #1 exhaust , wiping out cam and block

car never mis-fired etc...it just became lazy....i am sure it was just a matter of time ( seconds/minutes) before the engine just seized up but i discovered it in the pitts before it got the chance...

Now $6200 later i almost have my new 565ci back with Dart Big "m" Block,new cam,lifters,rods and pistons from PAR engines...

i could have done without it.....my 511 was just fine..



whats so scary to me is that i do not know of any way to detect a lifter about to dump on you unlike detecting a weak valve spring etc.....

Sorry to hear about your loss but i relate all to well.

thanks