Well, my solid flat tappet cam in my 454 just went bad(see other post). It went realllly bad. The oil looked like silver nail polish. I am taking the motor out tomorrow, and am wondering what should i do in terms of cleaning it? do i need to totally disassmeble the motor and hot tank it? or just run a ton of brake cleaner through it? I will be taking out the crank, and might as well take out the everything.....guess it will be like building a whole new engine!

I been there twice in a row. Then i gone roller an sequred my self. Very cheap insurrance.

But. You need to hot tank it. Grind your crank. Exchange bearings, dissamble oilpump and check condition. Take apart valvesprings, clean everywhere.

After that. Go with solid roller. Go faster, cheaper and more durable. Use cheap rollers and exhange them after say 5 years. Streetrollers dont need high spring pressures. And dont use oil restrictors. That will extend roller lifter, springs, rocker life.

cody i would not hesitate to take that motor apart
after what happen. completely disassemble that motor and clean it then inspect everything. there is no need to have it hot tanked. brake clean and some hot soapy water should do the trick.

In addition to the above you need to remove all the oil galley plugs on your block and thoroughly clean them out.

Or, disassemble the block and take it to a machine shop and have them run it through their washing machine. We have quite a few blocks come through the shop that just need a good wash and check.

yeah, some of the bearings looked good but i haven't totally disassembled the motor yet. Even if the beraings aren't bad, it will be nice to know i have a fresh clean motor. I will get it hot tanked. it dont cost much

It's not really necessary to tank it. When the thrust bearing went in my 350 it wore a groove in the crank about an 1/8" deep into the thrust surface of the crank. I ran the engine for several months, not knowing there was a problem. There was metal everywhere. I tore it down and wash it completely with soap and water, including the oil galleys. Oiled it up and put it back together with new lifters (just in case). That was 2.5 year ago. It's still running strong. I change the oil last weekend and there wasn't a hint of metal on the magnetic drain plug.