Any opinions on rhoads lifers in the 3.0/140hp engine?

[sikpupy]

I was thinking of using these in my 3.0 140hp rebuild. I like the idea that they could reduce the cam size which could give me more hours on the water trolling while getting max power out on top. <br /><br />Has anyone else looked into them and or used them?

 

[tommays]

Re: Any opinions on rhoads lifers in the 3.0/140hp engine?

If you search on member name "Mile High Mariner" he is the 3.0 hop up king <br /><br />tommays

 

[sikpupy]

Re: Any opinions on rhoads lifers in the 3.0/140hp engine?

lol, cool, thanks, I will check it out. <br /><br />Just so any flamers know, ahead of time, I did do a search for "rhoads" but found nothing, well, in the mercruiser section anyways.

 

[ron7000]

Re: Any opinions on rhoads lifers in the 3.0/140hp engine?

i just looked up rhoads, if all you're swapping out/in is lifters I don't understand how that will change anything. I see they advertise their lifters as variable and they throw words out like fast bleed and anti-pump up and claim how they make your cam smaller or larger with some logical statements. But most of what they say has been around for a while, to me it sounds like a big marketing ploy to buy their lifters. I'm not saying their junk, I have no experience with them but I would do as much research as possible. Be very skeptical of info you find on the web, good or bad. If anything it's a reliable part but I wouldn't get your hopes up of seeing any noticable tq/hp out of your engine. If they're not expensive then they're certainly worth trying. I would be interested in your results, I have a 2002 19' with the 3L.<br /><br />you mention your doing a rebuild, if your going with a new cam as well then that's a different story.