Timing Set Recommendations

[B5 Charger]

Anybody have a recommendation on a timing set for a 383 built to stock 383 magnum specs.  My 383 2bbl had a single bolt timing set with nylon covered gear teeth.  Not sure how beefy to go.  Using a Mopar purple shaft magnum grind single bolt cam.

[c00nhunterjoe]

The basic cloyes setup on a stocker.

[firefighter3931]

The Comp Cams "Magnum" double roller timing sets are very durable and sell for less than $50 


Ron

[Dino]

But don't trust the dots!

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,123110.0.html

[Bad B-rad]

But don't trust the dots!

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,123110.0.html

I used Mopar performance one bolt timing gear set, 12 years ago on a 440,and I used a degree wheel, the dots were not even close, I fought with it for a few hrs trying all the marked settings (straight, + or - ) and nothing would get me even close to correct.
I called Mancinni racing, who I got the set from, and they told me line up the dots, but dont line them up at 6 and 12(the two dots right next to each other) line it up top gear dot at 12 o clock, and bottom gear at 12 o clock.

At that point I would try anything, and sure enough, it worked!

I never had ran into that before!
I have rebuilt a ton of engines, Final drives, gear reductions, and what not and never had to line up the Timing marks/dots like that.


Do all muscle car era Chrysler engines use the fiber gear from the factory?

[c00nhunterjoe]

There have been times that even going with both pointing up, the cam wjll be off.

[birdsandbees]

You can see the pictures in my superbee restoration thread, but on Joe's advise I went with the Cloyes on my 383 magnum.

To be exact I ordered, for basically peanuts, the Cloyes 9-1104 x 3 piece "Street True" set. I first lined up the old gears on Zero / Zero, removed them and then carefully slipped the Cloyes set into place to make sure zero / zero lined up on them with nothing moving and it did perfectly. I then reset the cam to the 4 degree advance key way and buttoned everything up. Started up perfectly and runs nice, in the shop anyhow!  

[Bad B-rad]

After having those issues with the timing set that was to be installed with both dots up, I got to be a pro with my degree wheel, and it is easy enough to do, even if to just double check the factory markings.
I still even have a set of the Mopar Performance offset timing bushing, in the package to dial it in if need be.