Don't feel bad Jay. I've learned the lesson about distributor pedestal
clearance the hard and expensive way myself. Clean the block very
carefully--you pretty much have to take it completely apart.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On Behalf
Of Jay Creel
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:47 PM
To: fot@autox.team.net
Subject: Spitfire cam gear issues
Hi all,
I have just recently completed a full restoration of a GP spitfire and I
brought the car to the track for the first time 2 weekends ago. While I have
experienced some "growing pains" the overall experience and sense of
accomplishment is great.
The issue that I am dealing with now is a timing gear on the bottom of the
distributor of my 1147cc motor that is nearly completely void of teeth and a
cam gear that is extremely chewed up. The car was being prepared for a race
in a couple weeks at LRP in CT where originally we thought the issue was
electrical. Fortunately I have a back up motor to drop in before the race.
The question I have, is has any else who has run an 1147 race car
experienced this in the past? What could the potential cause be?? We were
thinking that possibly the timing chain may have skipped a tooth on the
sprocket and when the chain regained a position on the sprocket it caused
the 2 gears to jam. Fortunately the motor shut right off, so hopefully I
minimized any damages.
thoughts???
Jay R. Creel
#44 Jaxon Motorsports GP spitfire
SCCA NER
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