definitive solid lifters

[moowee240]

so ive google and search on most of the nissan forums and all ive found is hear say and 2nd hand rumors on the product. no real first hand "i have installed these " posts and anything that i did find was years and years old like 2007

part in question is BLE solid lifter conversion kits. now i am not the person to skimp out on top quality brand parts. but the design behind these sound appealing with the no shims... i have no problem buying tomei as they are my favorite company.
now most of the time i would shy away from parts where no one has commented or have said there running , but was curious if it was just no one wanted to try them because they wanted the cool factor of saying ive got tomei, and ddint want the hassle with a new company as tomei has plenty of r/n d in there parts
does anyone have any 1st hand constructive info as far as this particular companies solid lifter kit. seriously, dont post unless youve personally installed on your car or someone elses and only if you see there running them on a daily basis... list any problems with function or installation. thanks. PLEASE NO " I HEARD FROM MY BUDDY THAT HIS BUDDY HAD BLAH BLAH BLAH THANKS everyone

[codyace]

I don't have any experience with BLE lifters, (and I know you don't want this sort of info) but I have had friends in the FWD (personal friends, not internet people) community who have had them back off and loosen up. I know the one tried loctite and other thread lockers, all of which never worked.

In the end, I'd personally run Tomei Solid Setup with the shims if I was diehard and set on solid. I've helped set them up and they really aren't that bad. I'd never run them on my personal car as I dont' feel as if they are worth the trouble With that considered, by the time you get a SLA setup, shims, set it up, and cams....it isn't much more to swap a VE head onto the engine and just be done with it all (and have a better flowing head, cams that are rail/shaft mounted, and HLA's that don't suck). Or I'd run later model RR lifters and take it to 8000 rpm and be done....but then again I'm pretty conservative with my car (30,000 miles, thousands of track miles too, no engine failures) and like to keep stuff together.

Not trying to persaude for the hell of it, just looking at your money invested vs overall enjoyment and power potential. To me spending a few more bucks to have a valvetrain that never needs shimming, and a head that flows better, is a win win.

[moowee240]

yes a ve head swap would be nice but its not cheap enough to just throw the word cheap around so easily. and ive already ported and polished the head bigger intake and exhaust valve. springs retainers yada yada yada.. so a ve head will only get me a few more horsepower than what i could get with my head now..and realy..then less actuators, cam adjusters, vvl, oil pressure lines, wiring and ecu tuning headache crap i can keep out of my car the better..lol i do away with all the computer bs and run individual carbs if i could make 400 plus with them on my sr turbo'd. im og.. i liked all the old skool imports since i rode in my first 510 when i was 15 yeas ago..

but you make a valid point with the nuts backing off, lock tight doesnt function well oil bathed..i may just end up going with the tomei. but would still like to hear other peoples experience with the ble it would be a good reference to others looking at the ble lifters

[codyace]

If you're looking at the HLA's as a limit to HP, you may be in the wrong boat....good workign HLA's (whether OEM or RR--roller rocker) you'll be fine at any HP to the 8000 RPM limit.

My personal car, and favorite setup consists of a GT2871r, .64 housing, JWT S3 cams, Greddy I/M (or freddy), stock exhaust manifold, on a stock old head.. Proven 400whp T2 setup, at 20 psi on pump cgas. I'm sure you'd make 415/425 on bigger boost.

I know you want to optimise yoursetup, but you're already there. SLA isn't going to gain you HP no reliability.