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Moneymaker
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posted 07-02-2002 06:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Just a little note to all who are planning a cam change in the near future. All flat face and hydraulic roller lifters are in very short supply. Johnson Tappet company, the largest supplier(manufacturer) of lifters has been shut down. Therefore, Comp, Isky, Crane, Lunati, Erson, Bullit, etc. ,etc, are all OUT OF LIFTERS! The other prime lifter companies such as Standardine, and Eaton have stepped up production, but have also taken a profit motivational advantage of the situation. They have raised the prices to the MOON!
So, don't be shocked if a) you can't get any lifters, or
b) when you can they are twice as high as they were a month ago.
We are about out of our old price stock of Comp and Crane product. We have already recieved new price sheets specifically for lifters that reflect new part numbers and of course new pricing. I just thought that you all should know. Alex

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clevelandstyle
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posted 07-02-2002 07:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for clevelandstyle     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has this affected the rollers as well?
Thanks for the one up.

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Ben
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Moneymaker
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posted 07-02-2002 08:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
MOst solid roller lifters are made in Sweden and have been for a long time. They are not affected.

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Alex Denysenko
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capri man
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posted 07-02-2002 08:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
hey alex, just for information value. who makes fords stock roller lifters and are they decent? thanks

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mike r
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 07-02-2002 08:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Figures. I was just going to buy a cam and lifter set.

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Moneymaker
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posted 07-02-2002 09:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
They are made by Eaton and they are very good.

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Alex Denysenko
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Moneymaker
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posted 07-02-2002 09:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
PS, all the stock we have left in flat surface lifters are one set of Comp hydraulics, one set of Lunati solids, one set of OEM FoMoCo D1ZZ-6500-A solids.
We have plenty of solid rollers, and ZERO hydraulic rollers.

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Alex Denysenko
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capri man
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posted 07-02-2002 09:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
yahoo, thanks alex. i have a spare set that i bought from a guy in this site for $20 that are like new. er uhh maybe it was $200. anybody want them for what i got in them!! hee hee

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mike r
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bluestreek
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posted 07-03-2002 01:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for bluestreek   Click Here to Email bluestreek     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have (8) new CRN anti pump-up lifters if anyone gets desperate.

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Scott (69Mach)
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posted 07-03-2002 11:48 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott (69Mach)   Click Here to Email Scott (69Mach)     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Were they shut down as in going out of business or is this a short term deal???

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Moneymaker
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posted 07-03-2002 12:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Shut down by the Govm't as I understand it. It is permanent. Not good.

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Alex Denysenko
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V8 Thumper
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posted 07-03-2002 05:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for V8 Thumper   Click Here to Email V8 Thumper     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Moneymaker:
Shut down by the Govm't as I understand it. It is permanent. Not good.



What a bunch of sh** Can you elaborate?

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n2oMike
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posted 07-03-2002 07:07 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for n2oMike   Click Here to Email n2oMike     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I bought a custom grind cam/lifters directly from Comp on June 10, and when the package came, it didn't have any lifters (they were back ordered)... After calling about it, Comp speculated they would get some lifters around mid July.

I called around the parts houses, and nobody had them.

I finally started asking for other brands, and ended up with a set of Crane solid lifters for around $84 through Summit. This was a couple weeks ago, so it's hard to say what it's like now.

I hope the lifters and cam are good, because Comp probably won't warranty the cam if something happens.

I hope the situation gets better...

Good Luck!

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Moneymaker
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posted 07-03-2002 11:02 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's actually not hard to say what it's like now at all.
NOBODY HAS ANY LIFTERS! I am a distributor for Comp, Crane, and Erson cams amd products. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY!

They will all have some soon, mostly flat face hydraulic, and they will be damn near double the price.

Lunati had some because they are so low in the pecking order that very little of their produts are sold, but that's about dried up.
I bought what I could (what they would sell me) to tied me over a bit. Isky, Crower, Bullit, FRPP, Sealed Power, Elgin, Pioneer, etc.
I tried everyone who would sell us at WD. I had WD's calling me looking to buy from us at JOBBER!
I was trying to let you all know that there is a problem and you might have trouble getting lifters.

Johnson's situation had to do with taxes I hear. They did not pay with holding among others. That is why the USG shut them down.
Later! Alex

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Alex Denysenko
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 09-30-2002 08:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Alex, are the supply of lifters still tight?

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Moneymaker
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posted 09-30-2002 09:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Not as tight as they were Steve. You can now get them in limited quantities and you will pay about double from what they were a year ago.

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Alex Denysenko
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SteveLaRiviere
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posted 10-01-2002 05:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SteveLaRiviere   Click Here to Email SteveLaRiviere     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Figures. Thanks, Alex.

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