Gotta toss my .02 in here...
I too just bought a complete U20 timing set for my 67 2000 restoration. It
cost me an arm and a leg but I was glad to get it. It was worth it to me.
Believe me at this point I am keeping the timing set that is in my engine at
the moment. Someday I may need it...
I think the thing that has us U20 owners so pissed is that we cannot buy the
timing set in pieces. And now there are so few of the NOS sets left that the
vendors are going to charge an even higher premium. That just is not
acceptable to me. Not because I blame the vendors- it's not their fault and
I understand their position-supply and demand.
What I mean is there has to be a way to repro these parts. I've known enough
machinists to know that if you give them a working model they can reverse
engineer it and build a suitable replacement. It's all about the money
investment needed to build it and I for one am interested in finding a
solution.
Call me crazy, but I am going to make it a mission to find someone with
vision to do this.
I'll keep you posted,
Andrew
From: "The Belgian_Roadster" <belgian_roadster@planetinternet.be>
Reply-To: "The Belgian_Roadster" <belgian_roadster@planetinternet.be>
To: "Steve Landuyt" <stl@adnc.com>, "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>,
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Timing gears and 5 speed boxes
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 21:09:12 +0200
Hi Vic,
I'm in it too!
Over here in Belgium we have a few 2000 in need of new timing
components.
And we have NO vendor over here, everything has to be order through
the US vendors.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Landuyt" <stl@adnc.com>
To: "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Timing gears and 5 speed boxes
> Victor,
>
> How many participants do you need? I'm in.
>
> I'm restoring a U20 and have purchased a timing set up at current
prices.
> Painful. I don't look forward to replacing timing parts in the
future, but
> as intriguing as the various potential engine swaps are, they
aren't my
> cup of tea. I 'd like to keep the U20 in the car.
>
> From speaking to vendors, it looks like there are no other currently
> available sources for timing gears once the current stock is gone.
For the
> past couple of years there has been the hope that "something" would
happen.
> Maybe Nissan would put them back into production, maybe Nissan would
> identify the original producer who would then become a direct
source, maybe
> a vendor would reproduce them, maybe something else would happen.
So far it
> hasn't.
>
> I'm ready to have a group of us take the initiative.
>
> Steve Landuyt
> San Diego
> '69 2000
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>
> To: "'The Dread Pirate Roberts'"
<svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>;
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <jamie@housemanautosport.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:01 AM
> Subject: Timing gears and 5 speed boxes
>
>
> > One-off's ARE pricey, but a "group buy" could lower the costs to
fair
> market
> > price. I spoke to Jamie Houseman of Houseman Autosports
> > http://www.housemanautosport.com/index.html several months ago and
he told
> > me he could reproduce our U20 timing gears for a reasonable batch
price.
> > This would not be too profitable for a vendor as he have to mark
them up
> to
> > cover his time and effort, and price them out of reach. Jamie is
also very
> > experienced with our 5 speeds. but, instead of replacing the NLA
servo
> style
> > syncros, he converts the box to "dog engagement". Now, I don't
know how a
> > "Dog engagement" box would perform on the street, or how it would
hold up
> as
> > a daily driver, but it sounds like an option to the other choice,
which is
> > using our 5 speeds as boat anchors.
> >
> > Victor
> > 70 SRL 31113136
> > 72 HLS30 48255
> > 72 HLS30 94071
> > 65 L-320 Pickup
> > Los Angeles
> > SoCalROC http://www.socalroc.com/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Dread Pirate Roberts
> > [mailto:svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:38 AM
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Timing gears
> >
> >
> > One-offs are expensive, but after looking at pics of the U20
timing
> > sprockets, I can't
> > help but think that they wouldn't be all that difficult to
fabricate. In
> > fact, one could
> > probably improve on the originals. Cutting sprockets isn't a job
for your
> > average
> > high-school metal shop student, but it ain't rocket science,
either.
> Chains
> > are easy, so I
> > think that all of the sturm und drang about the demise of the U20
is
> > premature.
> >
> > One question that has popped up in my mind during all of the
recent
> > exchanges re: U20
> > timing stuff is - what do the folks who race with the U20 do?
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > San Jose, CA
> >
> > John Hogan wrote:
> >
> > > I know this is everyone's favorite topic as of late, but I've
just
> pulled
> > > my gears off my U20 and posted some pictures on my website. If
some of
> > > ya'll are inclined, I would appreciate it if you could take a
couple
> > > minutes and hop over and give me your opinion on them.
Naturally, my
> > > concern is wear and whether or not they warrant replacement.
Thanks
> > >
> > > http://www.madgrizzle.com/Timing_gears.htm
> > >
> > > John Hogan
> > >
> > > ack! no sigfile
> > >
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