How do we know? Is this voodoo or something?
Alright so I paid $110 for a 1 7/8" gear, before tax and shipping.
How does one know if we're getting what we pay for? Or for that matter is it really even necessary?
Case in point. We go out and try to avoid the modern day scary pitfalls of flat tappet cams and lifters. So we decide to build a roller engine. So ya order your cam, of which there are hundreds of options from different manufacturers to different profiles etc. But then ya find out ya gotta order some "voodoo" type of distributor gear. Either bronze or brass, really I'm not even sure of the metallurgy. What's the difference between bronze and brass? Or a "melonized" gear!? So here's where my primitive brain gets a wondering!
If there are so many manufacturers out there building roller cams, (of which almost all of them are billet) then why the heck don't they offer a distributor gear/shaft to go along with it!?
So I layed out the dough and got the gear (of which there are limited supplies and hard as heck to find) Only to find that there are no current suppliers of oil shafts, which the gear gets mounted on. So now you have to source an oil shaft seperate it from it's original gear then take your new Voodoo melonized gear to a machine shop cause yer to afraid to mess up the depth of which ya set the gear onto the shaft. While all the while trying to figure out, is this gear really any different or is this all just a bunch of Voodoo!
Can anyone tell the difference between the factory gear and the new "melonized" gear!
Next build I'm taking my chances with the "sketchy" old school flat tappet hydraulic cams and lifters! I'll never build a roller again unless I'm building a top fuel dragster or ronudy round!
Alright so I paid $110 for a 1 7/8" gear, before tax and shipping.
How does one know if we're getting what we pay for? Or for that matter is it really even necessary?
Case in point. We go out and try to avoid the modern day scary pitfalls of flat tappet cams and lifters. So we decide to build a roller engine. So ya order your cam, of which there are hundreds of options from different manufacturers to different profiles etc. But then ya find out ya gotta order some "voodoo" type of distributor gear. Either bronze or brass, really I'm not even sure of the metallurgy. What's the difference between bronze and brass? Or a "melonized" gear!? So here's where my primitive brain gets a wondering!
If there are so many manufacturers out there building roller cams, (of which almost all of them are billet) then why the heck don't they offer a distributor gear/shaft to go along with it!?
So I layed out the dough and got the gear (of which there are limited supplies and hard as heck to find) Only to find that there are no current suppliers of oil shafts, which the gear gets mounted on. So now you have to source an oil shaft seperate it from it's original gear then take your new Voodoo melonized gear to a machine shop cause yer to afraid to mess up the depth of which ya set the gear onto the shaft. While all the while trying to figure out, is this gear really any different or is this all just a bunch of Voodoo!
Can anyone tell the difference between the factory gear and the new "melonized" gear!
Next build I'm taking my chances with the "sketchy" old school flat tappet hydraulic cams and lifters! I'll never build a roller again unless I'm building a top fuel dragster or ronudy round!