How many run stock timing chain with a cam?
12-08-2006, 10:07 PM
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Stock Chain with the old school Speedtek F-1 Cam and 150 shot of Juice.. No big deal! 55,000 miles, not daily driven. The Chain is not a critical piece of equipment. Your much more likely to break a valve spring or bend a pushrod when revving to oblivion.
12-08-2006, 10:48 PM
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I got one for ya. 224/224 Cam swap at 105,000 miles and still on stock chain because I couldn't afford a new one at the time. Old one had little to no slack at all. I'm now on 115K and haven't had the first problem out of the stock one yet. This is just FYI, I still strongly recommend getting the LS2 chain if you're gonna go have the motor that much disassebled anyway.
12-08-2006, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by 2K1WS6TA
I got one for ya. 224/224 Cam swap at 105,000 miles and still on stock chain because I couldn't afford a new one at the time. Old one had little to no slack at all. I'm now on 115K and haven't had the first problem out of the stock one yet. This is just FYI, I still strongly recommend getting the LS2 chain if you're gonna go have the motor that much disassebled anyway.
12-09-2006, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by 2K1WS6TA
I got one for ya. 224/224 Cam swap at 105,000 miles and still on stock chain because I couldn't afford a new one at the time. Old one had little to no slack at all. I'm now on 115K and haven't had the first problem out of the stock one yet. This is just FYI, I still strongly recommend getting the LS2 chain if you're gonna go have the motor that much disassebled anyway.
12-09-2006, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mvvette97
The reason I ask is because when i done my cam install I didn't even think about changing the chain. My car has about 50k on it and I never it the rev limit. I had the tuner keep the limiter at stock.
12-09-2006, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by GT Griller
Yea thats alot but i got one more for ya..lol...my friends 99 SS has 158k and just did the TR224 swap last month stock chain and pushrods and spraying 150 shot of the gogo juice. Yea hes a little crazy.
WOW! that is crazy! How many miles have been put on the car since the swap and how many times has it been sprayed? 
12-09-2006, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ws6togo
If your already taking the chain off to change the cam....why wouldn't you go ahead and replace it? Thats like putting on new heads and using the same spark plugs 
I'll be keeping my plugs when I swap my heads this spring. I spent $100+ bucks on those plugs and they've only been in for 7k miles! They are denso iridiums btw.
12-09-2006, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by 2K1WS6TA
WOW! that is crazy! How many miles have been put on the car since the swap and how many times has it been sprayed?
12-09-2006, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Asmodeus
I'll be keeping my plugs when I swap my heads this spring. I spent $100+ bucks on those plugs and they've only been in for 7k miles! They are denso iridiums btw.
12-10-2006, 02:01 AM
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Originally Posted by ws6togo
DAMN thats alot of money for plugs. Hell I buy the NGK TR55's and change them out every year. Guess I'm weird like that
