CAPTAIN JACK

This is my first GEN VI motor (I always had MK IV) and I guess now I'm lost, something that seemed so simple now has turned into a nightmare. I read and read and ask questions but I'm coming up short on an answer. My problem is I read that a double row timing chain will not fit under a stock GEN VI cover, so I bought a IMCO polished alum cover to fit the COM CAM billet chain #7101. The cover fits fine but the new GEN VI circulating pump I bought does not, it's about 1/8 from the block, the back cover bolts on the pump hit the cover and won't allow it to get any closer WTF, do I need to ditch the IMCO cover or space the pump out and throw all my other belts out of wack!!! Any help or ideas would be great. Thanks

picklenjim

You could get rid of the pump all together and run a crossover.

mike tkach

iTrader: (3)

cloyes makes a double row chain that fits under the stock plastic timing chain cover,google there website.

FIXX

iTrader: (2)

also,theirs nothing wgong with running a single link chain,,its frickin huge,,bigger then the double roller chain that i have broken in the past..

Trash

Concur.

ThisIsLivin

+1

smokin' gun

iTrader: (30)

that is true the cloyes double roller chain fits under the stock gen 6 timing cover with no issues .it looks like a plastic cover however it is aluminum

Young Performance

The biggest issue with the single roller is that it stretches it azz off as soon as it's run. One with 5 hours looks just like one with 100 hours. A Rollmaster and SA Gear double roller will fit under the stock cover as well. I grind the ribs out of the inside of the cover just to be safe. They only stick up about .125-.150 or so, so they are easy to grind out.

As mentioned, you could always ditch the pump and use a crossover,
Eddie

CAPTAIN JACK

Just so you guy's don't think I'm smoking to much crack, I took some pic's of my stuff. Here is the IMCO cover sitting on the engine and a pic of the back bolts on the water pump hitting the cover and the gap. Thank you for all your responses and idea's. The crossover thing, I read too much on how hard they are to set up and get right. Hell I'm having trouble with an easy task of putting a water pump on. LOL and getting a new chain, well it sucks I already speant over $100 for this one. I did not realize until today after I seen a pic, that a GEN VI timing cover has a step in it towards the top that gets thinner. So is there anyone that has an original GEN VI cover off that could measure towards the top, the inside depth. I measured from the face of the block to the outer edge of the chain rivets and got .540 So if a GEN VI cover is that deep, I'll go buy a stock cover and I'll use that damn IMCO one for a door stop and be done with this mess!

Thanks again for all you guy's help!

blaquebaja

CJ I measured mine and it`s 1/4 to 5/16th hope this help. Looking at the pic your`s cover is wider than mine at the top.

V/R Ken

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