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Oil and Flat Tappet Cams
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Don't believe all the lies that are spread in Chat Rooms by chatters about flat tappet cams. The problem is not the flat tappet cam. They are the same as they have been for over 125 years. It is the oil, baby, the oil!
Twenty five years ago the "government" (and we are here to help you) decided to make the oil companies stop or reduce the amount of Zinc (ZDDP) in the everyday oil they sold. The Zinc (ZDDP) additive in the right quantities was what allowed a flat tappet cam to live. The oil companies did not mention this to anyone, even NASCAR teams (that were using their oil) were wiping out cams right and left. All flat tappet cams are bad "The sky is falling- The sky is falling". When the oil companies finally told the NASCAR teams the problems, some teams began to brew their own oil. Joe Gibbs was one of the leaders in developing his "Driven" oil which saves a lot of cams/lifters and continues to this day. The "government" also said that ZDDP would ruin catalytic converters - and they said that the COVID virus did not come from a lab in Wuhan, China. I read that on the internet, too!! It's gotta be true. (Now about that ocean front property I have for sale in North Dakota).
In the intervening 25 or so years many people made and sold oil additives. Some even worked very well. But some of them will not mix with oil and end up as a "lump" of additive in the bottom of the oil pan, and that is where we are today, only most of the additives left won't mix or help. But all is not lost.
There are oils that work with flat tappet cams. Driven Oil for example. This oil is actually better than oil in the old days, pre-government "help". Is it good because we use it? NO! We use it because it is good, and it works!
So, where does that leave us? Well, it seems that the clowns in Chat Rooms and some shop owners are not as Up-To-Date as they should be, or maybe they have other reasons for pushing roller cams, $$$.
They tell all their customers that all flat tappet cams go flat. Well, if you don't use the right oil and don't break the cam in properly, it will go flat. They said that roller cams are the only way to go. What they fail to tell their customers is the roller cam, lifters, and springs, etc. will cost them about $550.00 more than what the Flat Tappet cam kit will cost! Say what? That will buy a lot of the correct oil. But there is more profit in the roller cam kit (and power output is about the same with our Real Chrysler Flat Tappet cams) so you figure it out!
Dave Hughes
