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Re: Spitfire cam gear issues

To: "Jay Creel" <jaxonracing@yahoo.com>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Spitfire cam gear issues
From: "kas kastner" <kaskas@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 18:45:06 -0700
Certainly sounds like you did not set the end float of the dist. gear to the
cam gear with the paper shims.
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jay Creel
  To: fot@autox.team.net
  Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:47 PM
  Subject: Spitfire cam gear issues


  Hi all,

  I have just recently completed a full restoration of a GP spitfire and I
brought the car to the track for the first time 2 weekends ago. While I have
experienced some "growing pains" the overall experience and sense of
accomplishment is great.

  The issue that I am dealing with now is a timing gear on the bottom of the
distributor of my 1147cc motor that is nearly completely void of teeth and a
cam gear that is extremely chewed up.  The car was being prepared for a race
in a couple weeks at LRP in CT where originally we thought the issue was
electrical. Fortunately I have a back up motor to drop in before the race.

  The question I have, is has any else who has run an 1147 race car
experienced this in the past?  What could the potential cause be?? We were
thinking that possibly the timing chain may have skipped a tooth on the
sprocket and when the chain regained a position on the sprocket it caused the
2 gears to jam.  Fortunately the motor shut right off, so hopefully I
minimized any damages.

  thoughts???

  Jay R. Creel
  #44 Jaxon Motorsports GP spitfire
  SCCA NER


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