[Shotimes] cam chains and tensioners

[Don Donelson]

FWIW ... I have seen some recent posts on this both in this forum and on SHO TECH.

I just completed a total tranny ( w/quaife install ) and motor overhaul for a customer in florida.

The new motor was  a 23 k 3.2 motor. The customers old motor ... when he brought it to me was making some serious noise in the upper valve train. The customer also had stage I cams too.

I really thought I would find something seriously amiss when I opened the 3.0 motor  but to my surprise ... everything was as it should be. Nothing out of the ordinary.

Therefore I surmised that the rattle and heavy ticking noise was a old worn out tensioner and/or chain.

In swapping out the 3.2 cams  and installing the stage I cams in the new motor .. I obviously used all of the 3.2, low milage chains and tensioners.

The motor now purrs like if it was new. Very very smooth ... very nice  and pulls strong.

Its amazing how much noise these tensioners/chains can make if they are old and worn out.

My .02 cents worth




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91 SHO and 89 Race prepared Super SHO

All work & assembly done by yours truly  
 89 SuperSHO
-3.2 ATX block
-FPS hi-flow heads w/  over sized valves
-Stage I cams
-SHONUT adjustable timing sprockets
-Ported intake & runners
-Ported and extrude honed exhaust manifolds
-Hi-flow catless Y pipe
-Hi-flow exhaust
-BBB
-SHO SHOP T.B.
-SHONUT phenolic spacers
-Quaife
-CAI
-UDP
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-Complete sunpro gauges
oil temp / water temp / oil pressure
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-225x16Kuhmo auto cross tires
-Tokico shocks/Eibach springs
-Polyurethane at all corners 
-Solid-sub frame bushings
-Frame stiffners
-Adjustable rear control arms
-STB front and rear
-Battery located in trunk for better weight distrubution
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-96 brake upgrade
-Steel braided lines


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