Quote: The timing gear does go against the crank (bottomed out), but with it in that position its about an 1" too far out to line up the pulleys
Are you saying the chain is not in line or that the damper sticks out to far... if the cam lobes line up with the lifters and the chain is straight then its the damper.... as said already both the BB and SB fluid units I have are 1 piece(might have to call them)