timing chain

[Rob B (shoebox)]

okay sothey must have gave me a 95 timing set. okay so where do i get a good roller set FAST

If you are running the stock 94 opti, you must use a cam gear that has the splines in the middle as Fred said. You have very few options from the stock gear. I don't know of anyone that makes a roller with the splined cam gear. There are a couple high performance sets (like from Doug Rippie) but just the cam gear is $370 (and it's still not a roller chain). I think Lunati might have one, but it is much like stock and I have heard of a few failures with it.

You are pretty much stuck with a stock type timing set, unless you do a vented opti conversion.

[fastTa]

okay sothey must have gave me a 95 timing set. okay so where do i get a good roller set FAST

http://www.cmotorsports.com/93-97-fb...ine-timingsets

Go with the Cloyes. It is a quality set and it is cheap.

[rufrider76]

there is 2 diffrent timing set for the lt1. one is from 93-94. it is diffrent in the cam sprocket itself drives the optispark shaft. then you have 94-97 or gen II lt1 where the pin on the cam shaft drives a separate gear that drives the optispark. i did find 2 aftermarket cam sprockets for the 93 and 94 but they where over 400.00 dollar each. so a timing set that says it will fit 93-97 is not correct. the lt4 is gen II lt1 and the same as 95-97. At this point i could have swapped out almost. i replaced everything ecepet the cam at this point.

[Rob B (shoebox)]

http://www.cmotorsports.com/93-97-fb...ine-timingsets

Go with the Cloyes. It is a quality set and it is cheap.

The Cloyes has no splined drive cam gear. He will still have the same problem.

[Joe 1320]

You are pretty much stuck with a stock type timing set, unless you do a vented opti conversion.

And that's the whole ballgame right there.

[fastTa]

The Cloyes has no splined drive cam gear. He will still have the same problem.

I was assuming he was going to go ahead and do the complete conversion. It would be significnatly beneficial to him if he has the means to do so.