[DeTomaso] Distributor gear

[Thomas Tornblom]

I don't know if there are different steel gears, but I use a Crane gear, 
CRN-52971-1, with my Crane hydraulic roller. I would not be surprised if 
this is the gear that was sold by Ford Motorsport.

When Crane folded, the supply dried up.

I paid $63.99 for the last one I bought from Summit, 2-3 years ago.

Thomas


Scott Couchman skrev:
> J.C. Olsen, I recently converted from a bronze gear to a Ford Motorsport
> steel gear on my steel hydraulic roller rocker Comp Cam in my Cleveland. I
> had gone through a couple of bronze gears in a few thousand street miles. I
> researched the composite gear option and located the manufacturer of the
> gears used in ALL the Nascar motors. They make lots of Chevy gears and a few
> Ford gears. Unfortunately, they do not make a gear for the Cleveland and as
> of about 6 months ago, they had no plans of tooling up to make one. I
> understand the steel gear is no longer being manufactured, but a local
> distributor shop was able to locate two NOS gears still on a shelf at a speed
> shop in Florida. He bought both gears ($150 each!) and I was able to get one
> of them. I believe the second gear has been sold also to a local engine
> builder. Bottom line, there are a few of these gears out there still and you
> can find them with some digging. Good luck. Scott
>