oiling timing chain

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What you will accomplish by pressurizing oiling is getting more oil to the fuel pump eccentric. I'm surprised no body thought of that on this thread yet. not mentioned.

I don't run an eccentric on the race motor. But when eliminating it now on the new motor we will be balancing the top timing sprocket. If you notice small block mopar top sprockets are are drilled to balance the sprocket with the eccentric applied.

We now have a new turner digital balancer so when we do it I'll have my son give me the numbers stating how far it was out of balance without the eccentric. Hope to also lighten it.

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Oldmanmopar said:
What you will accomplish by pressurizing oiling is getting more oil to the fuel pump eccentric. I'm surprised no body thought of that on this thread yet. not mentioned.

I don't run an eccentric on the race motor. But when eliminating it now on the new motor we will be balancing the top timing sprocket. If you notice small block mopar top sprockets are are drilled to balance the sprocket with the eccentric applied.

We now have a new turner digital balancer so when we do it I'll have my son give me the numbers stating how far it was out of balance without the eccentric. Hope to also lighten it.

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I have Turner's electronics on my Pro Bal, it is a nice setup.
I balanced a timing set to use without an eccentric for one of my sons. I cannot remember how far it was off. I do remember that it was even out of balance a good bit even with the eccentric bolted on. This was on a Cloyes timing set.
 
Oldmanmopar said:
What you will accomplish by pressurizing oiling is getting more oil to the fuel pump eccentric. I'm surprised no body thought of that on this thread yet. not mentioned.

I don't run an eccentric on the race motor. But when eliminating it now on the new motor we will be balancing the top timing sprocket. If you notice small block mopar top sprockets are are drilled to balance the sprocket with the eccentric applied.

We now have a new turner digital balancer so when we do it I'll have my son give me the numbers stating how far it was out of balance without the eccentric. Hope to also lighten it.

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See post 51 as I mentioned the fuel pump eccentric.
 
Rat Bastid said:
See post 51 as I mentioned the fuel pump eccentric.
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When I discuss adding oil to the timing set, I'm talking about "anything" under the timing cover. I didn't I had to get specific. Besides, the slant 6, which is what I was talking about anyway, doesn't have a fuel pump eccentric on the camshaft sprocket.

It's simply a personal preference yall. Holy ****. Do it if you want to, if not don't worry about it.

I like butter and sour cream on my baked taters.
 
Has anyone brought up belt drive? Save the oil for the leaks your going to have on the driveway. This post is slowing down. And getting off topic.
 
RustyRatRod said:
When I discuss adding oil to the timing set, I'm talking about "anything" under the timing cover. I didn't I had to get specific. Besides, the slant 6, which is what I was talking about anyway, doesn't have a fuel pump eccentric on the camshaft sprocket.

It's simply a personal preference yall. Holy ****. Do it if you want to, if not don't worry about it.

I like butter and sour cream on my baked taters.
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I love butter and sour cream on my taters

Maple syrup on my sausage and waffles the morning
 
What do the Chevrolet LS guys do? :poke: This topic has not been beat to death yet.
 
72Dart6pack said:
Has anyone brought up belt drive? Save the oil for the leaks your going to have on the driveway. This post is slowing down. And getting off topic.
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Don't you love it when they turn into a bullshit session between friends. Better then any other site. You would never learn anything without a good old fashion argument over nothing.

This is the main reason I pay my $40 a year. It puts my wife at peace.
 
I went a different route. Installed the E58 motor oil cooler assembly on the 372 in my Barracuda. It squirts oil directly on to the timing chain. Used the same setup on my ‘78 Power Wagon. Never had any backlash in the timing chain.
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bbab3 said:
I went a different route. Installed the E58 motor oil cooler assembly on the 372 in my Barracuda. It squirts oil directly on to the timing chain. Used the same setup on my ‘78 Power Wagon. Never ha any backlash in the timing chain. View attachment 1715843901
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Where in the world did you find THAT?
 
I found two patrol cars in a Pick n Pull wrecking yard. Pulled everything including the fuel pumps and oil lines. As mentioned above, used one on Power Wagon. On the Barracuda, replaced the oem oil lines with braided lines and fabricated cooler mounts.
 
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bbab3 said:
I found two patrol cars in a Pick n Pull wrecking yard. Pulled everything including the fuel pumps and oil lines. As mentioned above, used one on Power Wagon. On the Barracuda, replaced the oem oil lines with braided lines and fabricated cooler mounts.
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That's awesome. This proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Chrysler engineers thought extra oil to the chain was important in heavy duty applications. I think they were right.
 
bbab3 said:
I went a different route. Installed the E58 motor oil cooler assembly on the 372 in my Barracuda. It squirts oil directly on to the timing chain. Used the same setup on my ‘78 Power Wagon. Never had any backlash in the timing chain. View attachment 1715843901
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That is a pretty cool set up. I never saw or heard of it. An "Eccentric oiler and chain" right through the fuel pump bolt. This site is a wealth of information. Thanks Steve
 
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Here are some photos of how I installed the cooler and oil lines on my Barracuda. Do I need the cooler, maybe. I do believe my motor needs the oiling to the timing chain and the eccentric.
 
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