Big Block Gear Drive On A Slant?

Well, I am not saying the timing cannot move. I simply cannot see how. Especially on this. When the block is cleaned up, I'll post better pictures, but the idler gears are trapped by the block casting, plus it's just a very tight fit between the idlers and cam and crank gears. You have to ge them "just perfect" before they will even think about dropping in.

Even still, it would take very little movement to make up for a few degrees of timing. It's still early in the game. I may still attach one of the idlers to the front of the block and make it a fix idler system. Either way, it will have gear drive.


Make sure you check the movement with a full load of valve springs on it. Also, blocks that have had the **** line honed out of them can get some of the movement out of them. When that happens, the gear tooth is shoved too far into the root of the groove.

IIRC they make undersized floaters for that situation. I've seen more than one have much more movement than a chain with slop in it.