On Sep 4, 3:57pm, David Rupert wrote:
> When I called him with my parts list, he says, "I'll sell you the
> timing chain, but you don't want the gears."
> "Whaddaya mean, I don't want the gears?"
> "All of the new gears being made are coming out of India, and the steel
> is soft as butter. Your timing chain will chew the hell (sic) out of
> 'em in no time. Also, the old gears are set up to be adjustable for the
> cam timing. They say the new ones are too, but they're not.
Two points - first, Ken Gillanders is a great guy and a great
resource for anyone who wants to really make their Triumph
into a race car. Second, he's right about the new timing
gears not being right. We (twice) spent several hours trying
to time new cams last winter only to discover that the new cam
timing gears are symmetrical, so that you come back to the same
adjustment after flipping the gear. This limits your cam timing
accuracy very severely.
cheers,
John Lye
rjl6n@uva.pcmail.Virginia.EDU
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