Carpenter's cam chain tensioner

[Tripps]

Well, tomorrow I drop my Rocket off at Carpenter, pretty good ride, 7 hours each way. One of the questions I forgot to ask him, I know he changed/changes the auto tensioner to a manual one, but I sort of seem to remember that Warp made an auto conversion for the manual one, is that an option now, or did he switch to using that as standard?

 

[Kevin frazier]

7 years and no reply, Tripp’s IS DONE

 

[Tripps]

Wow, time flies.

 

[Kevin frazier]

In all seriousness seems carpenter did a good job with your build, how often have you had to adjust your tensioner over the years

 

[Tripps]

Haven't yet, I forget what exactly he said, I should check it, but he said something like "don't worry about it" or "almost never".

 

[Kevin frazier]

After 7 years must be doing a great job, you would hear it if it was loose

 

[Tripps]

I really can't believe it's been 7 years, I'm really bad with timelines, everything seems like either a couple years ago or 30-40 years ago, not much in between. If you'd asked me I would have said 4-5 years as a guess.

 

[Tripps]

Actually it's been 6 years, and a couple months.

 

[Kevin frazier]

When I came across this I liked how you’ve had no issues with engine that I’ve read in any of your post, it’s nice these engines can be juiced up and stay reliable for so long

 

[Tripps]

Yep, and I'm known for being hard on equipment, what I don't tear up, I **** on.