top00cat

Does anyone know how to find the keyway in the harmonic balancer without taking the bolt out? I am currently doing hot rod cams and cant find the 12 o'clock position because the harmonic balancer is not stamped or groved

hammeron

if you look closely at the crankshaft pulley
inner edge, you should see a small cut. this
is the timing mark and the damper spoke just to
the left of it, will be what you set to the 12 and
6 o'clock positions.

hope this helps and good luck with the project.

top00cat

hammeron, right after I read your reply I found the grove right away. I was originally looking on the outer edge and couldnt find it. Your help is much appreciated. Did you do the cams too?

top00cat

after you remove the followers on the right hand side did you turn the crank to remove the followers on the left hand side?

hammeron

sorry top00cat been on the road...

here is a step by step for the hot rod cams

http://home.comcast.net/~cookpaging/...otrodcams.html


let me know if you run into any other issues, hopefully
i can respond quicker next time

top00cat

I am new to this forum stuff so I dont really know how it works. But your advice has been much help

hammeron

hey i'm here for ya and it's always fun
when another person joins the hot rod
cam crew

top00cat

yeah from what I saw on youtube they sound great. cant wait to hear them in person. what kind of gains did you see from them?

hammeron

for me they were strictly a sound mod, i was already
running at a comfortable power level (450) and didn't
need any more.

with a dyno tune you may see a 20-30rwhp gain.

top00cat

Its pretty much a sound mod for me too. I went with the bamachips tune for them so I shouldnt gain too much. I will let you know how they turn out when I am done. Thanks again for all the help