ebeard

I found why my car was getting no spark, broken timing chain. I thought it was the opti so I barowed a good one and tried it, so I have been cranking on it some. What are the chances of the valves or ok?

tricked94camaro

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you sure about this? timing chains RARELY ever break

TravisMcGill2000

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mine just broke also

SS RRR

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Wonders if the both of you have the same brand of timing chain...

jaycenk

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I would pull the heads at that point but thats just me. You never know how much damage you did untill you pull the heads

supergt99

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put in a new chain and do a compression check. dont put the timing cover back on till you have done a check.

AZ2ENVY

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What timing set were both of you using ?

ebeard

I got the chain and cam with supposedly one dyno run on em. I was told the chain was a lunati. Guy seemed pretty trustworthy, we emailed back and forth for awhile talking about our set-ups, seemed cool, o well. It looked the same as a stock set though. From what i can tell it was the gear that broke. I haven't pulled the covor yet, but there were a couple teeth laying in the valley by the oiling holes. chain itself may not have even broke. I rented a puller for the balancer hub and got the chain thismorning so we'll see

I towed the car home last night and pulled a head off. Number 7 exhaust is bent, but thats the only one. I will pull the other one today along with the chian and post some pics.

Would yall just drop the cradle at this point? Or would it be easier just to leave it all in there? I can't decide. I would just need to to take the rest off the harness of and unbolt the DS and strut tower/ cradle bolts... HMMM?

WS Sick

Dropped cradle would be easier. Have you pulled the timing cover off? Timing chains rarely break, but timing gear bolts now thats a diff story.

ebeard

Still haven't gotten back out there. I worked on it til 3 last night... From what i could see from the oiling holes the gear was still attatched, the chain was off of it and i found teeth in the sitting by the lifters