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sac 5.0
Member # 2980
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who is running a gear drive and how do you like it and is it any better then a timing chain
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HungryHippo
Member # 537
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they are lame
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88gt
Member # 579
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I like em.
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BOUNTY HUNTER VERT
Member # 2754
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they suck they limit your rpm and when they wear they spit metal shavings through your motor. I know this form experience
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xchpstang
Member # 1206
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You get tired of the noise after a while but you won't have to worry about a chain wearing out. If you really want to get technical chains are junk after 1000 miles. It takes them that little mileage to start stretching and cause a big variation in your cam timing.
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cobraracer46
Member # 1142
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Gear drives make way too much noise and are totaly unnessary on any motor. Some people say that timing chains start to strech and deflect after a couple of thousand miles. I say bull shit. When I had to replace the timing cover gasket on my 80,000 mile 5.0 a few years back,the timing chain slack was well with in specfication.
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87 Saleen
Member # 1549
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Timing chain is $30 Pete Jackson is $230
Gears drives cost you HP becuase of the gears.
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sac 5.0
Member # 2980
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thanks people anybody elses .02
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xchpstang
Member # 1206
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How about this:
A decent timing chain:$50-80 A MAC gear drive(which I've had for 2 years working perfectly):$99.95
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kwikrob
Member # 835
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How about this. There is something wrong with my motor. It doesn't sound right. I wish I could here what it is, but all I hear is the gear drive! If you like the sound it makes, buy it. If you plan on racing the car, stick with the chain.
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Chosen1
Member # 1906
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Im sure many of you have heard my fastback run. Its a 306 that I built with a CHP gear drive. It cost 100 bucks new off of ebay. I liked it at first and got dozens of compliments (still do). It is very loud and you can hear it blocks away. I open track and auto-x my car and from the videos it was cool to hear the motor rev up and down with the gear drive. But after about 10k miles of driving it, I hate it and the new motor being built will have a really nice timing chain.
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