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TIMING @ 180 OUT DISCUSSION

Discussion in 'Off Topic Hot Rods & Customs' started by ALLDONE, Oct 6, 2025.

  1. twenty8
    Joined: Apr 8, 2021
    Posts: 3,627

    twenty8
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    The distributors in both engines are driven off the cam. The cams rotate opposite and that is what makes the rotors turn the opposite way in each engine. The difference in cam direction is caused by the cams being driven differently off the crank.

    8ba is a gear to gear setup.
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    289/302 is a timing chain.
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    Last edited: Oct 14, 2025
  2. ALLDONE
    Joined: May 16, 2023
    Posts: 3,760

    ALLDONE
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    thanks for posting... seems like a business like speedway would tell people the yrs and that they spin both ways...
     

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