I'm in for a set of gears if it becomes a reality.
Charlie Breault
69 1600
69 2000
66 411
Steve Landuyt wrote:
>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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