[DeTomaso] Dist gear material

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/11/12 20 39 31, dnunn at telus.net writes:


> 
> Bill Price (Price Motorsport) told me that Mallory produced a batch of 
> 351C dist. gears with the roll-pin hole in the wrong place. The hole was 
> either 0.100” too high or too low (I can’t remember which). Naturally, they all 
> wore out (or will wear out) in no time.
> 
>>>Interesting--but that wasn't the problem in my case.   No, my problem 
was simply that the gear is not designed to run with a hydraulic roller cam 
like mine.

> > Tri-Tec Motorsports (http://www.tritecmotorsports.com) has composite 
> gears for the 351C coming out any day now. They’ve been doing endurance 
> testing for about six months, so the gears should be ready for sale. Tri-Tec 
> designed their gears by working off of the original Ford drawings for the 
> 351C/460 dist. gear, so you can be sure the part is correct. They make Comp Cams
> ’ composite dist. gears and also supply the NASCAR teams. I’m told the 
> composite gears are stronger than steel but more forgiving than bronze.
> 
>>>These things should be the perfect solution.   I contacted them and 
tried to buy one six months ago and they told me to pound sand. :<(

I told them I would happily accept being a beta tester, since their 
durability testing wasn't complete, but they wouldn't bite.

Mike