the other timing cover...

[ick]

Anyone running the new PROFORM timing cover ? I have been told they sell for around $300. The thread on the V8 board was shut down because of issues with TA & PROFORM, one was a paying vendor on the board & the other was not .It was thought that one copied the other. Well I am just interested on how the PROFORM cover adds up to the TA

Thanks

Mark

[Bob]

Looking for the cover you describe, I found this one by Silver Steal Products:
http://www.silver-seal.com/product/T...ing-Cover.html

But I cannot find anywhere to get a Proform timing cover...

I did find a reference on a build sheet for a 455.

[theoldguy]

Check with : Finishline Performance They are selling them, and have one running on a supercharged 455
Their Phone number : 616-765-5101

[bob k. mando]

so why not get the best price you can if they both preform the same ?


well, if Proform used a TA piece to create their molds it's theft of intellectual property.

otoh, Bobb Makley ( of Finishline ) says that he suggested improvements on the prototype they showed him.

so, i dunno.

[Bob]

OK, I found it: http://www.finishlinemotorsports.com/

The T/A one is here: http://www.taperformance.com/proddet...rod=TA%5F1531B

I don't have experience with either, I had thought that T/A's had a large oil pump cast in, but I don't see it in this description and I notice that the Proform mentions a high volume pump like it may be an add on plate style.

T/A's relocated fuel pump could be nice. I am not sure the cam bumper boss maters if you want to really stop cam walk (you might be better to just do it as described in the Buick books).

[ick]

Thanks Bob for your input on the TA cover & the Proform cover. I have only used the TA cover. But at the price of the Proform cover it would be a option. bob k. mando ... if TA performance used a GM casting to create their housing mold & then made the updates to it is this then theft of intellectual property? Does TA have a pat # on the covers they build? Well the bottom line for me is I don,t care about a pissing match over who did what, I just want to find a board with members that care about what does what !!

ick.

[bob k. mando]

Well the bottom line for me is I don,t care about a pissing match over who did what


you asked.


i haven't tried either so i can't help you with the comparison issue.

[ick]

Maybe no one out there is running this cover in the real world... just in hand checked form by FinishlineMotorsports, I'm not sure & am hoping for some feedback on this issue.

Thanks Bob M. for your reply

Mark C.