How to set the timing chain with stronger springs

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There you go man, as long as you spin it and the cam spins all the way over the rocker and it doesnt jump youll be good. Theres a little amout of slack but not enough righ?
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There you go man, as long as you spin it and the cam spins all the way over the rocker and it doesnt jump youll be good. Theres a little amout of slack but not enough righ?
Iā€™m good man!! On the road and breaking her in!! But note that MAPerformanxe has billet autotensioner inspection covers for us. Which i would have known that before
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I imagine you could just follow all these steps and if you run into a problem with the tensioner just remove it and let one click out then reinstall. Iā€™ll be working on mine this weekend and will share the deets when Iā€™m done.
 

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I imagine you could just follow all these steps and if you run into a problem with the tensioner just remove it and let one click out then reinstall. Iā€™ll be working on mine this weekend and will share the deets when Iā€™m done.
Ya know, I think we can all relate to the level of realism in homeboy's video here, like when he busts a knuckle. šŸ¤¬šŸ˜„ That said, IDK, maybe just me, but I wouldn't use that video as a reference. Seems pretty ad-lib'd.
 


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Ya know, I think we can all relate to the level of realism in homeboy's video here, like when he busts a knuckle. šŸ¤¬šŸ˜„ That said, IDK, maybe just me, but I wouldn't use that video as a reference. Seems pretty ad-lib'd.
Agreed! When I was down and out and about to say fuck this motor, I watched a lot of videos. This one got me.
Then I hit up #ManitobaSi and asked him. Totally got it after that. No slack and Iā€™m money again.
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So i struggled with getting the tensioner to stay engaged and it just kept slipping a tooth on the exhaust cam after installing my Brain Crower titanium springs. So ill explain the easiest way to do this with the motor in the car like i had.

Set the timing cover on the motor and put the crank pulley on. Put a long screwdriver into cylinder 1 just to confirm its at the top and not 180 out and at the bottom. Align the crank pulleys white line on the mark on the timing cover.

Set the cams as close to perfect as you can.

Take the crank pulley off and the timing cover.

With 2 people, set the chain with the two gold links in between the crank dot. Put an adjustable wrench on each cam. Put the chain on the intake cam dot and youll have to turn the exhaust cam clockwise and the intake cam counter clockwise a small amount to get the gold link on the chain to set on the cam dot correctly on the exhaust cam. Hold the cam, and turn the intake cam counter clockwise to create the tension on both of the cams make sure the lines in the cams are in line perfectly and put the right chain guide on.

Install the left chain guide arm and engage the tensioner. Now if you let go it will pop right over or will be super close to slipping. So dont let the cams go yet.

Put the crank pulley and bolt on(so you can get them off after and only tighten the crank pulley bolt enough to spin the crank.

Turn the crank clockwise a small amount and all of the slack will go away and the chain will be tight. Let go of the cams with the wrenches.

Youll have to get another click out of the tensioner. You can pull on the left chain guide arm at the bottom where you have the most leverage. I put a pry bar that fit perfectly and didnā€™t hit anything and put it inbetween one of the alternator mounting bolts and the tensioner arm. Pry and pull a little until you hear another click. I tried to go for 2 but never could get a second one. You dont need a lot of force here, it should come fairly easy.

Take the pry bar out and spin the crank. A small amount of slack still occurs when the lobe is going over the rocker but it shouldnt be enough to slip teeth on the exhaust cam. Turn the crank at least one full rotation just to verify.

Good luck this took me a week to figure out.
Thankyou so much, I've been struggling for three days to try to get the links to line up properly, thinking that the chain should not dropped between cams when the chain is on, so the cams need to be turned slightly to eliminate this slackness? I even counted the links and both chains had 88 links and the length of links are pretty much the same, so this would make sense. I'm heading back out to the garage to do it your way, thanks again
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