Wtb tce drtc!

[Z26-T]

Guessing no word on these still? How about his health? Doing better I hope.

[3400-95-Modified]

You were part of the group buy right? If so I say just get a GM setup or as I'm running now the SA Gear chain with GM sprockets.

If your crank is already modded then you can easily swap the DRTC in when you do get it back if you feel comfortable running it.

[orangecky2k]

So should I not even be waiting for this to come in? Because this is all I am waiting on for the rest of my build.

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[3400-95-Modified]

i'm the "replaced my chain twice and top end once" group....

Yes I'm aware of that but this whole "issue" was with the group buy so that seems to be who he's emailing, never mind that he never did tell you to send your set to him that I know of. I tried to tell him about you and how I believe your issues mean the pitch came out wrong on some sets somehow but no one wants to accept that. They keep saying my chain failed due to lack of oil, yet your setup has the proper oil slots on it and it still failed in nearly the same exact mileage as me.

I have a full Cloyes DRTC set and it does not do what the TCE did in the video I posted... I will lift out of the sprocket a tiny bit at full 360* wrap of the chain but you can easily pull it into place meaning it will probably stretch a tiny bit to get happy but no where near as much as mine did. I could physically measure stretch on the chains I had from pin to pin so when I get told mine "wore" because of lack of oil I have trouble accepting that because there is no physical wear on the sprockets or chain, it's stretched metal which last time I checked does not happen due to lack of oiling.

I'm currently very skeptical of re-using these when I do get them back... especially if the chain still fits the same way as the video's I posted because if you can't fit the chain all the way down in the sprocket for the wrap necessary when on the engine then it's guaranteed the chain will stretch till the rollers touch the base circle of the sprocket... There is just no way around it.

[bob442]

Were you part of the last group buy?

i'm the "replaced my chain twice and top end once" group....

[ericjon262]

It already has 6 holes...
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whoops! been a while since I looked at mine, I didn't remember any holes.

[3400-95-Modified]

on the note of oiling issues, it might not be a terrible idea to drill(and debur) a couple of small oil holes in the camshaft retainer plate so that there is plenty of oil flow to the back of the cam gear where the oil slots can sling it to the chain. when my car is in my hands again, i plan to do just that.

It already has 6 holes...

[ericjon262]

on the note of oiling issues, it might not be a terrible idea to drill(and debur) a couple of small oil holes in the camshaft retainer plate so that there is plenty of oil flow to the back of the cam gear where the oil slots can sling it to the chain. when my car is in my hands again, i plan to do just that.

[3400-95-Modified]

i have not gotten said email.

Were you part of the last group buy?

[bob442]

i have not gotten said email.

[blckgagt]

Guess it is a good thing I was holding off my build til late this year.

[1988GTU]

Wish I could have just done that. Whatcha gonna do

[3400-95-Modified]

I guess I'm confused on how far along you were with this swap... I'm guessing the crank and bearings in your motor were already broken in and you were planning on swapping the crank out for the modded one which in turn would have necessitated new bearings...

I pulled the current crank got it modded and slapped it back in, didn't change the bearings at all so that's why i was only out gaskets and time to swap the original timing set back in after the failure.

[1988GTU]

I'd feel more comfortable using new bearings on a crank going in a different block.

[3400-95-Modified]

how so on bearings? Currently I'm out the machine work on the crank since what was done is useless and I'm out the money on the DRTC's themselves... As stated all I did was pull the timing cover, remove the DRTC and put on a OEM set. Done, the modded crank is still in there.