timing chain
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
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The only chain I use in my shop is the Cloyes True roller double chain... The only issue you'll have is that you "Must" give them a cleaning bath before you install them. Take some thinner and put it in a pan the wash out the chain before you install it. Some bits will fall off but you'll know it's good to go. I'd never install one out of the box..
Willcox
Willcox
Had a 1976 L-82, 4-sp
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From: Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Royal Canadian Navy
I used this one from Howard's. It has a thrust bearing also.
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...4300/overview/
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...4300/overview/
Dr. Detroit
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From: New Braunfels Texas
Second on the Cloyes Tru-Roller......the 9-1100 Street Roller is fine for most applications......
Anything I build that is beyond "stock" gets a Hex-a-Just.....I flat out will not mess with bushings to degree after 20 years......
Jebby
Anything I build that is beyond "stock" gets a Hex-a-Just.....I flat out will not mess with bushings to degree after 20 years......
Jebby
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2016
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From: Woodinville WA
I used this one from Howard's. It has a thrust bearing also.
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...4300/overview/
https://www.summitracing.com/int/par...4300/overview/
How do you actually adjust this thing? What does the adjustment process look like?
-I don't really want to pay for a Hex-A-Just but I'm looking for something that dead simple- where you just remove the 2nd piece of a 2 piece cover and quickly adjust the timing forward or backward.
(The long-runner intake that I'm looking at (FIRST Fuel Injection) with my cam is really pushing the limits regarding cylinder pressure and knock risk and I want to run things right up next to the ragged edge and just pull back the cam timing if I get bad gas or during the warmer weather months.)
Adam
Had a 1976 L-82, 4-sp
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From: Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Royal Canadian Navy
I need to order a chain and cover set soon; mine still has the original stretched-out chain from 79 on it...
How do you actually adjust this thing? What does the adjustment process look like?
-I don't really want to pay for a Hex-A-Just but I'm looking for something that dead simple- where you just remove the 2nd piece of a 2 piece cover and quickly adjust the timing forward or backward.
(The long-runner intake that I'm looking at (FIRST Fuel Injection) with my cam is really pushing the limits regarding cylinder pressure and knock risk and I want to run things right up next to the ragged edge and just pull back the cam timing if I get bad gas or during the warmer weather months.)
Adam
How do you actually adjust this thing? What does the adjustment process look like?
-I don't really want to pay for a Hex-A-Just but I'm looking for something that dead simple- where you just remove the 2nd piece of a 2 piece cover and quickly adjust the timing forward or backward.
(The long-runner intake that I'm looking at (FIRST Fuel Injection) with my cam is really pushing the limits regarding cylinder pressure and knock risk and I want to run things right up next to the ragged edge and just pull back the cam timing if I get bad gas or during the warmer weather months.)
Adam
Last edited by resdoggie; Nov 17, 2016 at 08:07 PM.
Dr. Detroit
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From: New Braunfels Texas
Not sure what Jebby means by "adjustable" but the Summit description for this cam is accurate. The instructions for this cam describe how to advance/retard the cam up to 4*-8*. The gear sprocket is machined with multiple grooves for slipping over the keyway. Using the icl method and a degree wheel for my cam and this timing chain set, my cam was retarded just over 1-1/2*. I corrected the cam timing by 2* by aligning the crank/cam gear sprockets as outlined in the instructions. Worked great and I was able to dial in the cam to within 1/2*.
Hex-a-Just does this....they even make their own timing cover for it.....
Short of the handful of belt drives that are out there....I am unaware of a quick adjust cam sprocket.....
Jebby
Last edited by Jebbysan; Nov 17, 2016 at 07:48 PM.
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Had a 1976 L-82, 4-sp
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From: Some days your the dog and some days your the hydrant.
Royal Canadian Navy
My timing chain was not quick to adjust. The cam was degreed while on my engine stand which made it a lot easier to install/remove the crank gear to get the proper timing adjustments.
Dr. Detroit
Joined: Mar 2012
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From: New Braunfels Texas
Further more the Hex-a-Just is the best chain and gears Cloyes offers...part of the reason for the big $$$$$$
Jebby