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Old 06-22-2005, 10:23 AM
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new timing chain?

Im doing the cam kit install from combination and the person thats installing wants to know if i need the new timing chain with the install?
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Old 06-22-2005, 10:26 AM
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Short and sweet...YES!!
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Old 06-22-2005, 10:37 AM
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My stock one came off with 120K miles and NO slack. For Peace of mind I still put a new one on.
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Old 06-22-2005, 10:38 AM
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Yeah, new stock replacement timing sets are cheap anyways..there is no sense in not getting one.
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Old 06-22-2005, 10:40 AM
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What kind should i get...where....and how much ruffly are they?
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Old 06-22-2005, 10:44 AM
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Well, I just called a local parts store to check. They said somehting like $60 or so for a new stock replacement one. Depending on the year of your car, you can get a LT4 heavy duty chain or whatever..but those things are costly.
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Well, I just called a local parts store to check. They said somehting like $60 or so for a new stock replacement one. Depending on the year of your car, you can get a LT4 heavy duty chain or whatever..but those things are costly.

That sounds like just the chain. Do the chain and both gears. Mine was a little over $100 for the kit.
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Old 06-22-2005, 11:12 AM
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Nah, that was the whole deal, i asked. they said they had ones that were more expensive too...just a matter of preference.
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Does anyone have part numbers? I have gotten 3 different part number from Crane Cams and Summit already sent me the wrong chain. I have a 1993 LT-1 and nobody knows what timing chain will work.
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Re: new timing chain?

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Does anyone have part numbers? I have gotten 3 different part number from Crane Cams and Summit already sent me the wrong chain. I have a 1993 LT-1 and nobody knows what timing chain will work.
Double roller if your going with a electric waterpump - CLO-9-3157 (summit part number) only $91

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Also try CMotorsports. I know they have them for sure (and on their webpage).
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Originally Posted by Firehawk_Dude
Double roller if your going with a electric waterpump - CLO-9-3157 (summit part number) only $91

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Also try CMotorsports. I know they have them for sure (and on their webpage).
I don't think that part number you gave will work man...I am almost positive that it will only work with a electric water pump and converting to a vented opti spark. If that is what he has done then, he can use any double roller timing set that will fit a factory hydraulic roller camshaft.
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Correct. That is the chain I ordered from Summit CLO-9-3157...no good.
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Re: new timing chain?

Seems like there has been a lot of past threads about timing chains. But i have yet to really completely understand what i need as well. I am going to a double roller chain and an electric waterpump. Do i have to go to a vented opti-spark, and whats so much better about the vented opti anyway? Also when buying the chain does it also come with the gears?
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Re: new timing chain?

Originally Posted by 96trans am
Seems like there has been a lot of past threads about timing chains. But i have yet to really completely understand what i need as well. I am going to a double roller chain and an electric waterpump. Do i have to go to a vented opti-spark, and whats so much better about the vented opti anyway? Also when buying the chain does it also come with the gears?
Well, from your name..i am gonna take a wild guess and think you have a 96 trans am. If you have a 95+ car...you already have a vented opti-spark. Which means that, you can run a double roller chain if you have an electric water pump.
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