WHITE_LIGHTNING
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Does anyone have one, or know much about them? Been thinking about buying a gear drive set, but wanted to hear some comments good/bad first to get my mind stirring. Thanks!
Gear Drive?
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Like everything else there are good and bad things about them.
Good: They do seem to give you more accurate timing.
No chain to stretch or break.
You do sometimes get a cool sound from them.
Bad: Sometimes can be expensive.
Some of them require block modification.
All of them make too much noise to hear if anything wrong
is happening in the engine.
My personal opinion: The chain works reasonalbly well for me, so I'll keep it. Besides, I don't want to sound like I have a blower and get next to someone that will blow my doors off. Hope this helps you guys out.
Good: They do seem to give you more accurate timing.
No chain to stretch or break.
You do sometimes get a cool sound from them.
Bad: Sometimes can be expensive.
Some of them require block modification.
All of them make too much noise to hear if anything wrong
is happening in the engine.
My personal opinion: The chain works reasonalbly well for me, so I'll keep it. Besides, I don't want to sound like I have a blower and get next to someone that will blow my doors off. Hope this helps you guys out.
Lightning Struck
Active member
Also they transfer unwanted valvetrain harmonics into the cam. I have heard they tend to be hard on valvesprings also. Sounds weird I know, but the chain doesn't transfer these minute vibrations, but the two/three gears do.
Go with either a double roller chain, or a belt drive
Go with either a double roller chain, or a belt drive
POWERSTROKE
Member
CURT - All My truck engines have had gear drives.... except that POS yellow thing I had MANY years ago.... Double Roller chain is probably the best of everything figuring cost into the equation. Belts are kinda expensive still. 
