Oil Galley plugs at Camshaft

Then call Chrysler idiots, because I see a lot of factory blocks with short pipe plugs there. Sometimes it's not about "makin stuff hard" it's about "puttin stuff back like you found it". Just because you haven't seen something, doesn't make it NOT so. You crusty old geezer. lol


LOL...I'm very crusty. Ask my wife.

I don't ever see a need for a soft plug their, let alone a pipe plug or even a set screw, especially on the drivers side. You bury the plug in far enough and you'll block the feed to the drivers side lifters. Which ain't bad, IF that's what you want.

If you really want oil to the timing set (and you should and the haphazard way Chrysler did it was silly at best) you grab a Holley jet or a Carter jet or better yet, just buy a few Holley air bleed blanks. Drill and tap whatever cam plate you are using (OE, the magnum deal with the tensioner or better yet...your QUALITY GEAR DRIVE mounting plate...had to pimp for the GD when I get the chance) for the jet and screw the jet into the backside of that plate and that's your oil feed to the timing set.

That's why I use air bleeds. I have at least a hundred blanks out there, they are cheap and you can drill brass very easily. I usually use a hole about .040-.050 in the bleed and let it go. That gives you full pressure lube to the timing set. That crap will live much longer when it gets real oil to it, and not just drip oil, slinger oil or anything else.

Just so I'm clear, you drill and tap the plate so the jet is installed into the passenger side oil gallery.

That's the best liking system I've found to get oil to the timing set. A .050 hole will oil the hell out of anything you want. That is the biggest hole I'd ever use. I think I'm using .039 on my GD and that's plenty.