That would be a hydraulic roller tappet valve train.
low oil pressure or the seal on the roller tappet is old and it takes the roller tappet a minute to pressurize again.
Yes they are.
YES, they sure will.
NO. The 86 is not a roller block.
use your pre 87 unless you have rollers or the application calls for +5 or other.vortecs have rollers.
No it is not. It is a factory TBI / Throttle body injection, None roller camshaft 5.7L 350 engine.
You can put the Vortec in it if you have the wiring and ecm to run it. or you could use the Vortec heads and an aftermarket intake and really wake up your engine. The vortecs use a roller cam.
no the vortec is computerize and that runs the fuel pump At a greater pressure than be atained by a mechanicle fuel pump.
The "Vortec" engine is almost the same as an old school SBC, all things being such, the push rods are a little different for the OEM roller cams.
I am researching this topic as well and from what I can tell and what others tell me is NO 96-00 5.7 vortec truck engines are roller and TBI 5.7 that were HO like Police packages were roller but as far as the 87- 95 5.7 truck engines NO.
Vortec
375 sound right?