- 1. [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Cun <jimcun2001@yahoo.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 02:34:29 -0700 (PDT)
- Hi group, l throw this one out there as well ! Do you see any benefits in using a straight cut timing gear set? Regards Jim Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com
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- 2. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 07:44:23 -0500
- I just completed assembly of a customer car, including installation of a gearbox that had been converted to straight cut gears with dog synchronizers. I took a brief drive on a local highway. That sy
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- 3. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Gt6steve@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 09:16:51 EDT
- Was that with the high dollar Quaife gear set? Last time I enquired those were out of production with no plans to reproduce. I can't imagine what they're worth now with the Dollar so weak. Sure like
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- 4. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Cun <jimcun2001@yahoo.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 06:25:27 -0700 (PDT)
- If it's Quaife then that's about 3K for the gear set and you still have to get them to the states plus taxes I guess. Was that with the high dollar Quaife gear set? Last time I enquired those were ou
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- 5. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 06:36:03 -0700
- The most efficient timing drive is chain in an oil bath--least friction. Actually Gilmer belts are even more efficient but they're a pain--they have a pretty short life cycle. In my Ferrari they need
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- 6. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 06:38:26 -0700
- Actually, Jim was asking about the frictional losses of helical timing gears--not something you worry about on a stock TR motor. Bill Babcock billb@bnj.com bnj Website for Babcock & Jenkins, a direct
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- 7. Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Bill Babcock <billb@bnj.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 06:43:53 -0700
- I've had the pleasure of buying two of them--the second one when my gearbox dropped onto the track at 120+ mph. Fortunately I bought both before the dollar became as valuable as yesterday's newspaper
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- 8. [Fot] straight cut timing gear set (score: 1)
- Author: Gt6steve@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2007 10:33:18 EDT
- Well. if we were actually talking about timing gears as the title line says...I built one several years ago for the GT6 based upon a small block Ford three gear kit. Worked fine and is presently runn
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