Timing Gear - What is the best??

dustymopar · Post by **dustymopar** » Sat Dec 01, 07 2:18 pm

Timing gear, what is the best.......

Gear drive of chain?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Dec 01, 07 3:46 pm

Rolex

Gears are noisy.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Dec 01, 07 4:00 pm

Rollmaster or 440 source billet, I can highly recommend as being good quality and needing no adjustment after having lined up the dots and checking with a degree wheel. Cloyes are the absolute pits, had loads of trouble with them, use at your peril! A good quality chain is every bit as good a gear drive in my opinion.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Sat Dec 01, 07 4:45 pm

I use a JP Performance multi-keyway timing set. Found it perfect and not a bad price.

http://www.jp.com.au/Performance.html

dustymopar · Post by **dustymopar** » Sat Dec 01, 07 5:06 pm

Pete wrote:Rolex

My ex-wife helped herself to that some years ago

Thanks everyone

mopar_mark · Post by **mopar_mark** » Sat Dec 01, 07 5:36 pm

Timing gear, what is the best.......

Pete wrote:Rolex

My ex-wife helped herself to that some years ago

Belt Drive................ New Rolex might be cheaper

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Dec 01, 07 8:59 pm

Miloden Gear drive....can transmit harmonics to the valve train though/ Race critical i think....but fantastic

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Dec 01, 07 9:08 pm

I have always opted for chains for that reason, Steve...

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Sat Dec 01, 07 9:09 pm

True, belt drive being the Ultimate...KERCHINGGGG

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sun Dec 02, 07 8:46 pm

Belt drives are good and pretty easy to set up, but nowhere near as easy as milodon gears, we put a jesel belt drive on the 493 when we re-built it and had one on the belv, and we have a milodon gear drive on the 605, both work great

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Dec 03, 07 11:03 am

I'm using a multi keyway rollmaster with thurst bearing behind

from romac in Oz

www.romac.com.au

tiz nice and i've had no issues

gears make a racket that sounds good for the first 500 miles

and then is a pain in the ass

and you can transmit harmonics from crank to cam that have a detrimental effect on anything that runs off the cam. i.e in some engines the dissy and oil pump. if the dissy is gear driven rather than offset dog a Nylon gear can help mitigate (i don't know about anything other than my own which is gear driven)

you could go for gilmer belt drive just to be different

need special pulleys and water pump covers and a good bit of space

and a tensioner

Dave

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Mar 11, 08 6:41 am

pete walton wrote:Has anyone used the Pete Jackson gear drive ???????

I did, but I found it was Hobbitt-forming...........

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Tue Mar 11, 08 11:34 am

Rollmaster off Oz Ebay. Good price, good delivery, good bit of kit