Hey AMC guys! 327 questions

[enjenjo]

i guess it wouldn't occure to me to replace JUST THE CHAIN.
the gears wear too....

but it's not my ride home....

My thought too. Once I am in there, everything is new before I close it up.

[Gambler]

Well..its not a DD, just a few times a month type truck. I don't have tons of $$ to drop in it, and its not a chevy 350.. the teeth on the cam and crank gear aren't worn at all, I think they musta just used a cheap chain.  If this 327 gives up the ghost down the road, I'm dropping my 401 in it and calling it done. If I'm looking at a 20 dollar chain and $20 worth of gaskets vs $150 for a whole timing set and gaskets..that's where I'm at. If the teeth were worn more I'd do it.