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I would definitely check TDC on the dampner. I had a 440 that I couldn't get to run good or pull hard from an idle, and I found that the damper was off 9*. I never realized there was different timing chain covers/dampers before until that!!! Remarked TDC and set the timing and it screamed!!!



Yep I did that, My balancer was actually very close with in 1* of being right on. Im using a 71 318 timing cover on a 74 360 engine. Im assuming it is correct for my engine.