americanfisher93

Igot these two little rods with my cam, the cam is new as in never been ran, but I bought it from a buddy. It is a trickflow satge 2 and I just do not know what these two little rods are. There is a picture attached.

Mike T

Dowel pins that go through the timing gear.

mjr46

use the longer one for efi applications

tinman

I'd sure locktite whichever one you use to the cam........

americanfisher93

locktite? what you mean by that, and i appreciate it guys!

Duncan_GT

Loctite is thread fastener, stops the bolt from backing out. Although im not sure if its reliable since the dowel doesnt have any threads.

mjr46

if you put the retaining plate on that has a tab that goes in the hole as well as the large washer that is usually on the bolt, it can't back out as it partially covers the hole

americanfisher93

thanks guys! also I have been reading up, me and my friend were starting to tear the motor down and while my fn back was turned he yanked the distributor out...now my question is i know where about the rotor was pointing, can i just drop it in there, or how would I go about setting it? I know as far as the crank and cam there is timing marks so you can taime it easily, what about the distributor? thanks!

americanfisher93

also...a trickflow stage 2 cam fell into my lap....buddy had it, never been ran and he wanted 80 bucks. but is that to aggresive for a street car? I wont be driving it every day, but quite often.

rmodel65

set the timing to TDC and reinstall the dizzy with the pointer at number 1(make sure its tdc on the intake stroke and not exahust or your timing will be 180 degrees off)