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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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Doing H/C and i dont trust the stocker but i dont want the hassle of a double which is better JWIS or Rollmaster?
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 10:12 PM
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whats the hastle of the double, use the spacers and its fine. plus you can pick up a double for 80 bucks, its a win-win situation
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 10:15 PM
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I thought you have to pull the crank gear and install a spacer and that it was a pain the the a$$ to get the oilpump pickup tube back on with everything moved foward?
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 10:54 PM
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a double is the way to go.if you're gonna go to the trouble of tearing it down that far might as well do it right.yes you have to pull the crank gear off because you will be putting one on to fit the double and thats no harder then getting the balancer off i thought. the spacers for the pump are kinda thin so its not any harder putting that oil pickup tube bolt in then it would be with a single chain on IMO.
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 10:55 PM
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Thanks for the info RAMnGO by the way how do you like your thunder cam? Have you dynoed your car yet?
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 02:27 AM
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it does ok i do wish i had gone bigger but i think its a good cam. haven't even tuned my car and i did the h/c swap back in jul...so no to dyno also..
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 04:38 AM
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Happy with my comp timing set which came with the JWIS chain..
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 05:35 AM
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I've been running a JWIS chain for over 10k miles so far with no problems.Have also installed double rollars and they are not that hard at all.
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I'm happy with my JWIS, but if I did it over I'd go with the Rollmaster double.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 10:16 AM
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I grabbed the Iwis Ketten chain. If it's good enough to be in the C5-R's 427 and turn 7,000+ rpm, it's good enough for me!
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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The Rollmaster timing sets are the ones we build all of our engines with. They are excellent quality and are very hard to beat for the price! You can buy a double-roller non-heat-treated set for $74.99 or a heat-treated adjustable with the Torrington bearing for $93.99. The single-roller Rollmasters are currently on back-order, but we have some double-rollers ready to ship.

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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 12:49 PM
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JWIS or Rollmaster single timing chain

You don't have to worry about which chain is better... Why? ... Rollmaster don't make any chain.

If you purchase a "Red Label Premium" Rollmaster Timing Set, the timing gears will be made by Rollmaster in Australia, and the chain will be a JWIS chain, made by Iwis Ketten in Germany. If you buy the cheaper "Blue Label Economy" Rollmaster Timing Set, the gears will also be the Rollmaster gears, but the chain will be the cheaper Rolon chain made in India.

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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 02:58 PM
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Tin Indian said what I was going to. I run a single rollmaster on my vette because I didn't want to machine my pulley.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Trevor @ Texas Speed & Perf.
The Rollmaster timing sets are the ones we build all of our engines with. They are excellent quality and are very hard to beat for the price! You can buy a double-roller non-heat-treated set for $74.99 or a heat-treated adjustable with the Torrington bearing for $93.99. The single-roller Rollmasters are currently on back-order, but we have some double-rollers ready to ship.

Let us know if you have any questions.

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Trevor are yours the Red label or the Blue Label chains?
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 03:53 PM
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Machine pulley????? Do you mean on an aftermarket ASP pulley or the stocker as well?
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All Blue label sets are 3 key way. The Reds are 9 but may not have IWIS chain. The new silvers will all be IWIS.

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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 04:56 PM
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Well, I have / had a non-adjustable single Rollmaster Timing Set (single keyway) that came with a JWIS chain. Ordered it from KB Engines in Australia for around $68 delivered.

Rollmaster gears and JWIS chain.
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Yeah thats about Right $68 US that is $97 to them in Ausy. According to the catalog that is a CS1130 but does not come with IWIS so I would say you got some of the "old new stock" so you got lucky.

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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 01PewterWS6
Machine pulley????? Do you mean on an aftermarket ASP pulley or the stocker as well?
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ASP pulley and that's only on a vette with a dbl. roller

My single rollmaster that I bought from Trevor (Texas Speed) has the good chain. Just like Tin Indian
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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Cool thanks, im getting a double roller then. Does heat treated vs. not have any difference, i know strength but has anyone broken either?
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