The first thing to do will be to make the timing cover easily removable.
Offset keys for the crank gear and making the gear removable would be the simplest solution.
The coolest solution would be to produce a two piece cam gear that consists of a press-on flange with a locating dowel and a separate gear that has a two or three bolt outer gear with bushings for the dowel to allow adjustments like on the racing gear sets for big and small block GM V8s.
A steel inner flange with studs or special flat head bolts with allen or torx sockets could work. This would allow a timing cover with an access plate to allow adjustments by possibly removing the water pump and the access plate. In certain circumstances you wouldn't even need to pull the water pump!!!
Last edited by Blackwater; 02/26/18 12:22 AM.
