Evaluate Timing chain sets

NoCar340 said

We had a '71 'Cuda 340/auto in the shop a bit over a year ago with 4,500 miles on the inexpensive Cloyes set. The car does not get driven hard or often, but the chain was sloppier than your prom date after a 4-pack of Bartles & Jaymes. One can't expect much from what was, until recently, a $30 timing set. The fella that installed it while freshining the engine has been dead for almost three decades, so it was a USA-made set. Cheap is cheap, regardless of country of origin.

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I agree, the thing that gets me is most all the chains I have seen with stretch in the past few years have been low miles and expensive billet roller chains of various brands. The only one I have really been impressed was a vintage rollmaster but that chain was dated back around early 2000's I believe. @Scody21 replaced a low miles billet chain that was sloppy with a pro gear from hughes and it will be interesting to see how it looks now that he has some miles on it, I cannot remember if he did the tensioner or not per hughes recommendations. Hopefully he will be doing his cam change soon and it will be on our dyno.