Has anyone installed and used one of Bulltears V8 timing covers? They state they're for 290-401 V8's. Since used ones are at times suceptible to a lot of wear and tear I was thinking of getting one for an upcoming 401 engine build.

Anyone who has used them what are your thoughts about them.

Thanks,

Richard

I have one of their nickel coated covers on my Rogue. I haven't started it yet, but I can get 60PSI with the priming tool. I have a non-coated Bulltear cover on my AMX. Both engines are running mid plates and the HRC pump gears. My AMX has about 55PSI hot over 2000 RPM, and about 25PSI hot idle.

Bulltear does quality check every cover on a jig to assure the proper machining of the distributor and oil pump holes. MC was reporting over 50% of some batches were not machined right.

Bob
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Got one in my AMXs 401. Looks and works great.

BTW: If you're doing a rebuild make sure the crank's bearing clearances are set to AMC's TSM specs. Don't let your builder use any other information or you'll have a low oil pressure problem.

-Steve-

It saved my engine rebuild! He specs them with factory specs. It performs amazingly. It is nickel plated.

Actually I've been looking at the :

AMC V8 oil pump kit (+Upgrade options).   with nickel plated timing cover but haven't made made a decision yet because I don't know if I will have the $$$ before the end of the month.