Murphys law. For how much I paid for my Rollmaster I sure hope it holds up. I woulda never thought it might be defective (got lulled asleep by the price!) (I'll keep tabs on it) likely by checking play from crank up to dist

In the interest of saving money can you buy just the timing chain only for your motor? If so I would give that a thought I've done that more than once when freshening some of my race motors in the past

i dont know. i would rather have the set. im now wondering if the chain ran dry and maybe thats what made it stiff. i did not install oil slinger last time i was in there. i know when you run a chain saw without bar oil the chain will tighten up. maybe thats the cause.

I drill a .015" hole in an alum 3/8 NPT pipe plug for the rear of the dr side SB horizontle gallery (& you can see its bennie when you preoil) to oil the intergear and the same in the front of the pass horizontle gallery to lube the chain (& a ~3/8 hole in the cam plate) for room for the squirt to pass thru. Gonna do the same on the 451 I just ain't figured how to preoil the intergear cuz its configured different.

i'll take a look at better oiling the chain today.

not sure what happened to todd at competition wedge engines. no reply to facebook message, his listed number not in service and the number he gave me when i ordered the wiseco piostons from him is no longer his number. i give up. i'm calling hughes engines monday. thanks
gonna install oil slinger with timing set this time around and leave out the cam plate bolt with the hole in it for better oiling. should be good.

Making a correction here. Todd(competition wedge engines) got back with me today thru email. gonna shoot me a price on the camdex tomorrow. thanks again

Todds a good guy. I miss him posting on Moparts but follow some of his builds on Facebook.