new to site and have a few questions

[amcjunky]

ok so i have a 1971 amc javelin in drag trim with a amc 401 bord .30 over port and polished heads ( 51 cc) with mopar 440 valves harlen sharp roller rocks with girldel. the bottem end is stock minus the forged pistions ( stock style piston tho) shot peend rods and what not. it also has a external dual line oil pump along with under the intake oil mod and the dist gear oil mod. Cam is a comp cam custom grind with specs

292 in 292 ex duration
596 in 596 ex lift
110 lobe separation
solid flat tappet

just so you kinda get a feel for my motor

so this last season i kept going threw cam and dist gears so bad that it wrecked my timing cover and oil pump gears. along with a couple rear bearings so will the bull tear cam and dist gear set fix that? and my car also had a cam walk plate should i be taking that out?

along thing i am kinda woundering about is how that bull tear alt bracket works dose anyone have a picture of it installed please?

I will post some pics up when i get home

thanks justin

[tufcj]

Welcome to Bulltear!

Were you replacing the cam/dizzy gears as a matched set? There are at least 3 different tooth pitches by different manufacturers. A mis-matched set won't last long.

Do you have the cover alignment dowels in the front of the block? They are very important for correct cover/gear alignment.

Are you running a high pressure spring in the oil pressure relief valve? Too much oil pressure puts a strain on the gears. Remember that the distributor drives the oil pump.

Is it a factory or aftermarket cover? Some of the aftermarket covers had machining tolerance problems. MC here at Bulltear checks each one before shipment.

Those are the questions I have, I'm sure others will chime in too.

Bob
tufcj

[amcjunky]

No they weren't a matched set and the first set I used last about 10 or so passes and the last set I used ( were the genuine amc brand) and they lasted 5 passes. I only take my motor to 7000 rpm.

I do have a factory amc cover with dowels in it and i did buy the engine as a whole and i think he has the high pressure spring in it

when is starts it has just over 80 psi and when its at full heat 40+psi at idle which is set at 1200 to 1500 rpm

[Mudrat]

along thing i am kinda woundering about is how that bull tear alt bracket works dose anyone have a picture of it installed please?

thanks justin

Hey Justin, welcome to Bulltear. For your ALT request, this is the only pic I can find of my ALT bracket on a 360 in an 85 CJ

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[amcjunky]

hey mud rat thanks for the picture but how dose that top piece mount to the intake? do you have to drill a couple holes?

[tufcj]

The Bulltear ALT bracket uses the 2 front intake manifold bolts. No holes to drill.

Bob
tufcj

[amcjunky]

cool i am probly going to have to buy that lol also i am uploading a picture and what i need to know is with this new timing cover pkg can i use this peice with it if i buy it

http://www.bulltear.com/catalog/prod...roducts_id=136

i am pretty sure this is what i am going to get just i have some seconds thoughts so i figured i would ask




thanks for the help

[amcjunky]

ok got the engine back from the machine shop got everything on its way. but i have a few last minute jitters since this will be my first engine i will be building from start to finish.

my engine had a cam walk kit in it ( NICK ALFANO'S CAM ANTI-WALK KIT) and i will be putting a regular timing chain back on not his machined one that came with the kit. my question is do i need this in there and i also ordered the matched gear set and a timing cover from bull tear will this gear chewing thing still happen?

sorry for the vagueness justin

[jeepsr4ever]

Well If your not running a roller cam or a milodon gear set you shouldnt need the anti walk kit but it cant hurt if it is letting oil get to the gear.

[amcjunky]

well its a solid flat tappet cam with 596 lift and 262 at .50 and i bring the engine to 7000rpm