I must be missing something here, but I can't figure out what. I know there is a difference between the truck and car timing covers, but I'm not sure what all the differences are. In this case, I'm putting a car timing cover on a truck (C2AE) block. The bag of bolts I found labeled "Timing Cover" had three 3/8" bolts that were almost 3&1/2" long for bolting near the base of the timing cover. The other bolts were all 5/16" bolts. The 3/8" bolts are WAY to long to use. I went with 1&3/4" bolts and everything is fine (I think). So, is the truck cover thicker across the bottom or am I missing something else? The car timing cover seems to line up okay, but do I have to use a truck timing cover with the truck block?

Thanks,

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

The bolt holes are longer so that the truck's front mounting bracket can be attached. The block is essentially the same so a car or truck cover will work.


Lawrenceville, GA

Thans Charlie...that makes perfect sense.

Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID