Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/27/15 09:11 PM
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Some after market double roller chains will chew up the phenolic part of that adjuster. I used to use them, but don't anymore for that reason.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/27/15 09:19 PM
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Go with the Milidon gear drive and never worry about sloppy chains. Much more stable and bulletproof.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/27/15 09:24 PM
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Go with the Milidon gear drive and never worry about sloppy chains. Much more stable and bulletproof. As simple as it may seem, this is 100% correct. 1 mile or 100k, you cam timing will be exactly the same. I'm still waiting for actual PROOF that gear drives take HP or cause harmonics. I'm sure I'll be waiting til way past my death day. The above only speaks to fixed idler 3 gear drives, or 2 gear drives (which require a reverse rotation cam). Not those crappy 4 gear things.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/27/15 09:29 PM
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My shat never lasts long enough for the chain to get sloppy.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/27/15 09:37 PM
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My shat never lasts long enough for the chain to get sloppy. Sometimes you just can't argue with reality. Good one.
Just because you think it won't make it true. Horsepower is KING. To dispute this is stupid. C. Alston
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/28/15 12:43 AM
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I saw a magazine test where they tested a gear drive, belt drive and chain drive and none made any more or less power than the others maybe someone else remembers the article, I think it was a chevy test engine. Maybe after 100,000 miles a chain may retard the cam but not any race engines short life span. If the chain is worn enough to need a tensioner than perhaps it is really time for replacement.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/28/15 01:36 AM
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tall deck = long = chain.. I have had great luck with them. and use them on all my builds that use a chain
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/28/15 08:49 AM
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Might it be most effective/useful in a situation where rpms are constantly changing, like road race or circle track?
Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/28/15 12:12 PM
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Use it! If for nothing else but to dampen harmonics. Remember, this was the bandaid for the 3.9 non-countershaft V6. But being the 3.9 is essential a 5.2 with two cylinders lopped off, it fits and works. I believe it does offer more stable timing, and as JCC suggested, when on and off the power, really helps stabilize the chain backlash. It's cheap and works. Hell, even GM uses a tensioner on the LS motors!
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Re: Small block guys Timing Chain tensioner !!???
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10/28/15 01:32 PM
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Last time this was posted some real nightmare stories about their use came out. Come-on guys lets hear the other side of the story.
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