Timing Gear Drive
Nothing against gear drives, some just want the blower drive sound....lol Me, not a fan and have run Cloyes DBL Rollers forever and to date have never worn one out ro had any timing issues......as stated previously, if it's an all out race effort I ould go straight to a belt drive......just my .02
Rickster
I definitely like the sound of gears rick. Since I was a kid in my chevy engines I have used the pete jackson. Always thought they were way cool.
You must be talking about the cloyes billet chain setup...the one with the holes only drilled in one side of the gear, right? I think they are around a buck fiddy if memory serves correct. If so, those are good.
I also like the JP rollmaster by I think Romac...the australian one.
I've used them before and it was good. I'm gonna use it in my wife's motor. Got it sitting right here on my desk.
But you're right, some like the gear sound and I also like the fact that I will never open the cover to find the chain hanging there and that my valve timing hasnt changed ove time. Granted that happened with a mopar chain, but it was enough where this is what I'm gonna stick with on this motor I plan on driving hard.
Belt drive...on a race motor, sure, since on a race motor, you're frequently performing checks on things all the time and if it's bad here or there, it can be replaced rather easily. Nice thing about those too is that you can change the timing pretty easily and get to it easily too.
But it's my thought that if you dont wanna go back in there on a motor you drive a lot, the gear is the way to go, at least for me it was. And like I said, I'm not planning on hitting 7000 rpm on purpose. I dont care about the harmonics. I care more about the cap walk! lol:read2:
