I had something almost identical happen to my '74 camaro with a 454 in
it about 14 years ago... I remember it like it happened yesterday...
I was running down the road, going the speed limit ( I did once in
awhile ya know!) and all of a sudden the rpm's dropped to nothing
and I got a HUGE backfire... coasted into a parking lot and tried to
restart it... BOOM, another loud backfire... I got out and looked under the
car and the left turbo muffler looked like a grenade had gone off in
it... I called a buddy up and he towed me home... I pulled the valve
covers and cranked the motor, no issues there.... I pulled the dist.
out and the dist gear was sharp enough to shave with, with one area
ground enough to slip on the cam gear.
New bronze (this time!) gear and it fired right up... I was lucky...cost
me a gear and a muffler.
Pull your distributor... if it looks good, I'd have to go with your
reasoning and say timing chain.
Ron
Al Hembd wrote:
I was out driving the Chevelle Today first time sense it was put away
before winter. You know getting the nice car the thumbs up. Getting
the good feeling you get when you drive a chevelle. Well the 454 let
me down tonight. I went to get on it a little got up to about 4000
then a backfire and the car died. No spark. Maybe no power to the
coil. If so its OK changing to HEI. nope not it I popped the
distributor cap off and no spinning of the rotor tried to turn it by
hand. not turning. distributor not broke.
Maybe the timing gears/chain??????????? Man I bummed!!!!!!!!!!!
going for surgery on the 23 to have part of my clavicle removed and
exploring the rotator cuff I hurt it at work on 12/30/05 been off work
sense the 10 of Jan. I am not saposto(Bad Spelling) use the arm as it
is still in allot of pain. Again I am bummed!!!!!!!!! Think it is the
chain??????
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