[joetiii]

Well right now the timing chain is installed in the car. I'm planning on doing an in car pressure fed tensioner install. The engine is an 82 3.0 that was rebuilt to stock configuration 5 years and 6000 miles ago. The rebuild sheets I got from the PO didn't show tensioner upgrade, new sprockets or a chain so I'm figuring them to be original equipment.

Last time I ran long and hard back in November ( car is put away from the snow right now), I got this nasty metal on metal sound almost like metal slapping so that's why I think I got a tensioner problem and maybe a elongated chain. I guess the best way is to open up the cover and see what the ramps look like.