i havent decided yet but i want to try out a timing gear set. they make them for sbc wih factory roller cams and since im using an electric water pump i can use that in my car...ive heard theres some machining of the cover..but never really got a straight forward answer...its for my 93 TA with a 383LT4 anyone have any comments or anything on this idea? ive done a search and didnt really find what i was looking for so.....

 

Here's a link to a guy who put a Pete Jackson gear drive in an LT1..... and took it out because he didn't like it.

http://www.dw-zone.com/

Click on "My 94 Formula.....", and scroll down to the years 1999 and 2000.

 

theres no explanation why.. and i was thinkin about the cloyes or jegs gears..they are noisy but i dont care..i just wanna try something different. i just wanna know what kinda machining needs to be done.

 

As I recall, he couldn't stand the noise, and neither could his knock sensor

Used to have pictures of the modifications to the timing cover and everything on that site. Must have removed some of it after he totalled the car.

 

oh well in that case..lol i dont mind noise at all..plus my knock..whatever you wanna call it(93) will be desensitized for the new valve train/headers

 

I would be far more interested in putting on a belt drive setup.

 

you will need to convert to a vented opti

 

i have all the opto conversion stuff....it will be vented..now what....i plan on going with the jegs gear drive or the cloyes gear drive for factory roller cam 87+

 

what about getting it to fit behind a 95 timing cover?

 

hosspwr94 on this board is running one.
Here is a PM from him I got a while ago:

"I am running the quiet set but they get noisy after a while. I have updated to the vented style opti this helped make running the gears possible, I am also running an electric w.p. which is also a must to run the gears. I have heard of some of the guys having to grind on their covers but I didn't I don't know why they ground on theirs but mine fit just fine over the gears. I used this set PJJ-350-91C and I had to pull the dowel out further on my cam and get it just right.
Hope this helps If you have any other ?'s feel free to ask "

 

hmm.. i was looking at the jegs noisy set..(noise doesnt matter since ill be running open headers alot with a big cam...any ever use these? thanks madwolf..i wonder what they had to grind..hmm

 

You can get the noisy set if you get your car dyno tuned and disable your knock sensor. Also keep in mind that not all cams like open headers. (you will lose power with some) Just in case you were not aware of it.

 

well.sorry i meant a cutout(basically the same thing?) this is for my 383..and yeah i have a 93..so i was told it can be desensitized...im gonna TRY the jegs gear set unless i hear other wise...btw i will be running an elec water pump to.

 

Cutout and open headers are two different things. You will most likely still need your knock sensor disabled though. Not a big deal. I also have a 93 setup and I disabled it on mine. No problems just as log as you verify the air fuel ratio is good on a dyno.

 

yeah..im gonna get a chip burnt from PCMforless since they do 93 cars..and then try to find somene to dyno tune it somewhere in virginia.