Ford FE timing chain questions

miker98038 said:
Your other alternative is to degree the cam in with the slack out, and live with the shift in timing, or compensate for it. I don’t know that that matters. If it’s degreed in right for a daily driver it should still give many miles of good service. Normal usage and rpm’s won’t jump a gear. Race engines, get your wallet out.
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KULTULZ said:
... uh ...

Isn't a loose timing set the reason you replace them?

30W hasn't kicked in yet ...?
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You know I was only rattling your chain, right?

30W = COFFEE
 
Quick update. I got my new chain from the store and first impressions are good. It has less slop. I'll semi-reassemble the setup with both so i can get some quantifiable results.
 
Full update: I just did some back and forth testing, and the new chain has the usual 5 degree's or so of slop. Way less than the last new one i put in. I did some back to back testing, and from my rough eye, it's about half as much slop. I'm going to reassemble the engine with this new one and that should be my solution.

Summary of thread: Whole lot of maybes that just ended up being bad new parts.
 
I guess I’ve led a sheltered life. I’ve never had one as bad as Noahvail got, even used. But I’m glad it seems to be fixed.

Go ahead and rattle my chain. Likely at my age I won’t hear it.
 
Yes they were. Turns out what i thought was also a parts store branded one was another cloyes. The new parts plague is effecting every manufacturer. I'll be telling their service guy's about all of this, and see where it leads.
 
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