[DeTomaso] Distributor gear

[Thomas Tornblom]

I don't want to beat a dead horse, but what about the steel gears from 
Mallory?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/MAA-29420/

Are they usable with steel roller cams? Dan?

Cheers,
Thomas

Thomas Tornblom skrev:

> 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
>>
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