Very confused about "2" things
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From: W.P.B
Very confused about "2" things I kind of threw myself into this postion, wanting to change my heads, and throw in another cam, now just need some assurance 
"1" my new ASP pulley doesn't go all the way up to the timing cover seal. The pulley is torqued to 235FTLbs, and the other pulley line up with it, so i'm confused now. Is it going to leak, or does the balancer not have to be against the timing cover seal to "seal"????? "2" I bought 5.3 StageII heads (2.02/1.57, double valve springs, etc..) will they flow as good as stageII 5.7's??? I
"1" my new ASP pulley doesn't go all the way up to the timing cover seal. The pulley is torqued to 235FTLbs, and the other pulley line up with it, so i'm confused now. Is it going to leak, or does the balancer not have to be against the timing cover seal to "seal"????? "2" I bought 5.3 StageII heads (2.02/1.57, double valve springs, etc..) will they flow as good as stageII 5.7's??? I 
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Re: Very confused about "2" things FWIW, I don't know of a single ASP crank pulley, including my own, that's ever sat flush with the seal. You'll see what may appear to be an unnatural gap there. If it's torqued and the other pullies are aligned, you should be fine.
Everything I've ever heard about the 5.3 heads are that they flowed better on the exhaust side than the 5.7's do. I cannot speak from personal experiences about heads (yet!) but they should flow very well at Stage II porting. You are shooting for an increase in compression by using them, right?
Everything I've ever heard about the 5.3 heads are that they flowed better on the exhaust side than the 5.7's do. I cannot speak from personal experiences about heads (yet!) but they should flow very well at Stage II porting. You are shooting for an increase in compression by using them, right?
You will be fine with 5.3's over 5.7's... lessing milling for the heads also 
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Re: Very confused about "2" things
FWIW, I don't know of a single ASP crank pulley, including my own, that's ever sat flush with the seal. You'll see what may appear to be an unnatural gap there. If it's torqued and the other pullies are aligned, you should be fine.
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From: Orlando
Re: Very confused about Where I believe the issues came into play with the double roller chains is the new crank gear is "wider" than the stock one and therefore, the ASP was essentially sticking into the cover too far and causing clearance issues between it and the sprocket.
What I meant originally is that with the stock timing setup, the "snout" portion of the ASP slides into the crank seal but will not slide down far enough to sit flush on the cover. It looks like there is a lot of silver showing that appears like it should slide further down on the crank snout, but it wont. It looks abnormal, but isn't.
What I meant originally is that with the stock timing setup, the "snout" portion of the ASP slides into the crank seal but will not slide down far enough to sit flush on the cover. It looks like there is a lot of silver showing that appears like it should slide further down on the crank snout, but it wont. It looks abnormal, but isn't.
