[Ryridesmotox]

Yea I agree. Stock lifters are less than ideal. Tons of guys use them and tons of shops install them with big cams and heavy springs. I'm not sure why, but people think the LS7s are the end all, be all. The LS7 breaks all the time. I'm going to use a link bar in mine. Looking at a set of crane link bar lifters. Not that much more than stock. There are failures all the time of lifters because people don't use them properly.

Another issue is rockers. Many people use stock rockers. They start spitting needle bearings when you abuse them. So people put the upgraded trunnions and bearing to a captured needle type... Which is fine, but you can't use them in a .650+ lift combo. People do, things break, people blame the rockers.