I've read about people hammering them back on, and others who claim it's not good for bushings and whatnot. I'd rather just be "safe" and near burn myself with the heat method. Once I have the engine out I'll thread the crank for next time. As an update, I adjusted the timing for initial and total timing and it goes like a hot damn now. What an upgrade for the cost. If it wasn't for the balancer it would have been a lot quicker too.
I've got the Transgo 350 1&2 shift kit on the way for my TH350. Looks like the Transgo kit was more popular than some others and since cost was similar I went with it. I've watched a couple installation videos (including the dated official hour long Transgo one) and have a good idea how to do it, but is there anything specific (certain springs?) I should do to have it setup for the turbo? Perhaps I just install it now and then tweak it later once the turbo is in?
