Well this might sound like kind of a stupid question but I just want to make sure. While my motor is on the engine stand and im doing the cam swap, as long as I flip it upside down I shouldn't have to worry about dropping a lifter right? Will I hurt anything?

 

got the oil and water drained? its still going to make a mess..off the top of my head I dont see a problem

 

as long as you keep the rocker amrs and push rods in place you wont drop a lifter and everything will be fine. and as tyler said, drain all of the fluids

 

That's how I did my last cam swap (below) and always have when the engines are out.

 

I do the same thing when the motors out. The lifters won't fall out if the rockers and poushrods are out as stated above, they're held in place by the lifter trays.

 

Thanks guys thats pretty much what i figured, just wanted to make sure

 

true, i was thinking about small blocks and big blocks, not LS motors

 

i made me some rods out of brake line to stick through the lifter bores right above the cam to the left and the right. Have used them and seem to work fine and super cheap.