The plastic tensioners with the gasket upgrade and torqued correctly will do exactly what you need to do.Idk what ill be going with yet, consensus seems to be split, saying go all steel, some say oem with the felpro gaskets are great.
i'm going to do mine at 100k, but since it took me 17 years to get to 60k(not quite there yet) I maybe dead before 100k rolls around.I am leaning on doing mine before 150K. I am at 125k so planning on this in the near future.
Thanks for these pictures!Here’s a closer shot from when I build my current engine. View attachment 93003
Thanks for these pictures!
I know what I'm gonna type will be somewhat controversial, but this indicates to me that Ford realized they made a mistake w\ the 3V's.......the plastic chain tensioner design has always felt to me to have been more of a cost saving thing far more than an operational design issue due to no basic dynamic operation changes between a 2V, 3V or Coyote OHC timing chain design, especially concerning VCT usage (the main issue quoted in all the reasonings why the plastic non-ratcheting design is a necessity w\ the 3V's concerning maintaining proper chain tension) but didn't know if Ford had continued their use w\ the following Coyote engines.......this would have given more credence to this reasoning of remaining to use these plastic chain tensioners from a position of engineering design criteria IMHO.
The advent of Ford reverting back to using iron ratcheting chain tensioners on the Coyote engines, to me, is a clear indication of an obvious engineering design correction by Ford engineers of the previous 3V plastic chain tensioner design, thus IMHO also makes using the iron ratcheting 2V chain tensioners a clear & viable alternative for any 3V since they are identical from a design dimension\operational perspective.
Appreciate it!