hydraulic to solid adjustable lifter conversion KA24E

[94HRDBDY]

i put togeather a plan to reman. my origional rockerarms/lifters to convert them from hydro to mech. adj. i have the plans worked out and it should be pretty easy. the question i have is can i use the orrgional cam or do i have to get a stage 1 to work with my solid lifters. another thing i need to find out is about what strength steel i need to use for my new lifter. it should match the valve and the orrigional lifter so if anyone knows where i can find that info it would be great.

[NM50]

Rubello racing makes the elephant feet for KA24E rockers.

[nismopu]

Its going to have to be a very hard tool steel and or nitrided but as suggested above purchase rebellos stuff. peace.

[94HRDBDY]

im trying grade 8 steel it should be hard enough i cant realy get my hands on anything harder to easlly. i got 3 done and im tryin out them on my # 3 cyl. there doin good. now that i know itll work im gonna make the rest.

[nismopu]

my only other suggestion would be to get them heat treated at least, so there extra tough. Most machine shops should be able to do this for you. peace.

[94HRDBDY]

thats what im going to have to do for now. Northern machine is gonna do it for me. It wont be to hard to make new ones once I get a hold of some harder material.