No problem with asking... There's a big difference in personal experience from a guy with one or two builds in his history, and one with lots of them over decades. Also to be clear I didn't say they were trash and steer clear. I said they're not that good and run a tensioner with whatever [he] chooses. The $30 tensioner makes a $25 chain keep pretty decent cam timing over time in a mild to medium performance build. Or you can just buy the $50 timing set. Or do like me and buy the better timing set and the tensioner...lol.
I've used Comp products and they are generally good value and good quality. However - the timing chains at least for Mopars have historically for me never been really good value. The are, IMO, sloppy from the get-go, stretch quickly, and stretch a lot. I've used timing sets from Comp, Sealed Power, Cloyes, MP, and Summit over the years. Cloyes true-roller used to be the best chain - but that quality level has gone down at least IMO over the years as they re-sourced the chains themselves and tried to stay competitive. The Summit billet set is the best bang-for-the-buck based on my experience. I don't know who makes the parts - I'm sure they are overseas stuff - but they are tight when new and only move a little once they run a little even when pulling a roller cam. I've found that out when I tear down for cam adjustments or just to swap cams again.
