[DeTomaso] Ignition truble

forestg at att.net forestg at att.net
Thu Jun 12 22:01:58 EDT 2008


My guess is that since MSD doesn't have a steel gear they spread this line to mollify their customers. I would get an aftermarket steel gear if it were me. I think crane cams has one and maybe Ford Motorsports.
Forest
-------------- Original message from "Dan Mixon" <tipo874 at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> Why would the second bronze gear last any longer than the first one? It's 
> still meshed with a steel cam gear. 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On 
> Behalf Of Mike Vallee 
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:21 PM 
> To: JDeRyke at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com 
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble 
> 
> From: "JDeRyke at aol.com" 
> 
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble 
> 
> A bronze distributor gear is yet another racing part designed to allow steel 
> racing camshafts to be used in engines that don't have matching steel 
> distributor drive gears available. Used in racing, the oil gets changed 
> along with the soft gear after each event. On the street with zero 
> maintenence, it causes trouble as has been noted. 
> FIX: do not use racing parts in non-racing applications unless you also use 
> racing maintenence schedules. Good luck, all- J DeRyke 
> 
> ---- 
> So Jack, should we have replaced the gear with a steel one? MSD said nothing 
> about this being a racing only 
> part. They said that the gear needed to match the camshaft gear. They 
> recommended the same (bronze) gear 
> for the replacement, saying that the second application of the same bronze 
> gear typically lasted pretty much 
> forever. If I need to go back and reinstall a new steel gear I will. I don't 
> want to go through the same problem 
> again. 
> 
> Thanks! 
> 
> --mike v 
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