33 Coupe Engine 16        5/26/03

To handle the timing chores, I went with a gear drive. For the guys that know me, they understand because I had one in my other car. Pete Jackson is the maker of this timing set. 
 

 

 

This is what it looks like for those that haven't seen one before. The large gear goes on the camshaft, small gear goes on the crankshaft and the two middle ones are called idler gears. The purpose of the two idler gears instead of one is so the cam goes the normal direction.
 

 

 

These also came with the gear drive. We have three mounting bolts, camshaft lock-plate, thrust button and timing bushings. The thrust button goes in the front of the cam so it won't move front to back and rides against the timing cover. The lock-plate holds the thrust button in place. Also the lock-plate has tabs that you bend up and around the bolts to act as a killer lock washer. The timing bushings are to fine tune the cam by a degree or two either way (advance or retard).
 

 

 

The cam button that came with the gear drive was okay but I wanted a different one so I got one from Comp-Cams. This one is a little nicer and plus it has a bearing in it.
 

 

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