solid or hydraulic lifters for a 1961 C1DE 170?

[Brayab]

I finished the rebuild and I am going to install the engine this weekend and perform the break-in. But I can't figure out if I need to tear it back apart and make the change back to solid lifters.

here are the details:

I purchased a 61 falcon last year. It spun a bearing a couple of months ago, it had been recently rebuilt before I bought it.

I never was able to adjust the valve lash very well. I probably set the carb way too rich to get it to idle and be drivable. It always reeked of gas and got terrible mileage. I think it spun the bearing because the oil would degrade so quickly because of all the gas I was using?

One thing I noticed during the rebuild is that it had hydraulic lifters but on page 8 of the Performance Handbook by David and Dennis Schjeldahl it says the 61 engine is not plumbed to use these? I could never get the engine to run if I put any preload on the lifters when I was setting the valve lash.

Any ideas? Should I try to find solid lifters?

thanks;
Bray

 

[oldgrezmonke]

I can't answer the "will it accept hydraulic lifters ?" question but remember camshafts are one or the other - hydraulic lifters go on a camshaft designed for them and so do solids ; you can't mix them .