[DeTomaso] Mallory steel gear

Daniel C Jones daniel.c.jones2 at gmail.com
Tue Jun 15 12:54:53 EDT 2010


The cam was on a Bullet core made of 1010 steel.

Dan Jones

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Doug Braun <doug at silicondesigns.com> wrote:
> 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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