Thread: 454 build - what intake and cam ?

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Originally Posted by jerry clayton

Are you using positive stop method for finding TDC? or just using a dial indicator to zero out?????

First set the pointer to zero on the big timing wheel by using the positive stop method. Checked it back and forth a few times to make sure it was correct, then checked again with a dial gauge. TDC is correct on the timing wheel.

The supplied timing pointer on the 2 piece timing cover does not line up with the mark on the damper even when adjusted fully to one side.

Originally Posted by ceejay

First set the pointer to zero on the big timing wheel by using the positive stop method. Checked it back and forth a few times to make sure it was correct, then checked again with a dial gauge. TDC is correct on the timing wheel.

The supplied timing pointer on the 2 piece timing cover does not line up with the mark on the damper even when adjusted fully to one side.

Make your own pointer from sheet metal.

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Originally Posted by techinspector1

Make your own pointer from sheet metal.

I'd take a piece of sheet metal, weld it to the base of the pointer and then elongate the holes enough to line it up. A little grinding and a shot of paint and no one will ever know but you.