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Old Jan 8, 2021 | 11:42 AM
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Im doing some preventative maintenance including the harmonic balancer. My car is a 2003 coupe and only has 12,000 miles. Its not a track car but i drive it hard. Should i swap the timing chain to a ls2 or leave the old one in?
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Im doing some preventative maintenance including the harmonic balancer. My car is a 2003 coupe and only has 12,000 miles. Its not a track car but i drive it hard. Should i swap the timing chain to a ls2 or leave the old one in?
Wasn't this post already answered??
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No Grinder, i made a poll for the oil pump before. It was decided i should leave the oil pump as is. Now im wondering if i should bother with the chain because i would otherwise not have any reason to remove the oil pump. Just trying to save myself from the potential for leaks if i can.

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Originally Posted by 2003_Coupe
Im doing some preventative maintenance including the harmonic balancer. My car is a 2003 coupe and only has 12,000 miles. Its not a track car but i drive it hard. Should i swap the timing chain to a ls2 or leave the old one in?
Like we all said before....No leave it
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Originally Posted by Smoken1
Like we all said before....No leave it
whoops. Sorry guys. I have been doing a lot of reasearch, posting and ordered lots of parts lately. I remember the post but forgot thatvi asked about the chain. Thanks.
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