[DeTomaso] Mallory steel gear

Doug Braun doug at silicondesigns.com
Tue Jun 15 12:51:46 EDT 2010


In an email on 6/12/2010 Dan Jones wrote:
<We are using the Mallory steel alloy distributor gear on this engine
since the Accel distributor supplied has a 0.490" shaft and the Crane
gear is only available in 0.500" and 0.531".  In any event, the Mallory
gear looked good and showed no signs of wear.>

Dan,

	What type of hydraulic roller cam was in this motor?  Was it an
austempered iron, induction hardened steel, or carburized steel? 
It's nice to confirm the Mallory gear compatibility with each particular
cam type.

Doug Braun
blue 73L #5505




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