Dave D. Has pointed out the direction that I am thinking in.
Since I have a electric water pump that I have already fab
up.I will not have a lot of trash on the front
of my new motor.
There is enough room to adjust a cam sprocket,and get
by the cam sensor drive.The 3.8 timing chain cover can
have a hole cut into it,lined up with cam center.A machined
bung can be welded into the chain cover.A machined
plate bolts to the bung to seal the timing chain cover.
I beleive a setup could be made that would only take
15 minutes to adjust the cam.This would be nice for
tuning for different setups.
And it is just fine to run a belt drive in oil.But I have heard
at very high RPMs a belt can surf on the oil just before
hitting the cog on the pulley.Raising the belt up above
the cog on pulley.This system would not be turning that fast.
If the small block parts could be modified to work with
the SC 3.8 An adjustable pulley would be a good tool
to have for a all out balls out built SC motor.
Paul thanks for the thumbs up offer.But I would not
want to produce ,what I am kicking around.If it was
cheap enough to get a complete timing belt drive .
That would not take much machine work to convert
to bolt on a SC 3.8 motor.It looks to be easy to fab
the stock timing chain cover. To hold a bolt-on and
sealed inspection cover to acess a adjustable cam
pulley.If somthing like this would work out.I would
probably make 2 or 3,two for me,and one for hoo-ever
would help a project along.Same as I have always done.
I am not going on a diet,so my car will have to take
up the slack. I need lighter parts.
I thought maybe someone would know if other Ford or
even chevy performance adjustable aluminum timing
pulley systems.Might be a close enough to the 3.8 motor
to alter to fit.
Thanks Randy