Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive.
Drifting
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From: Big D Tx
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Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (A)
gear drives, even the quiet ones, will make noise. after a while the quiet ones get just as loud as the others. the whine will sound cool for about the first couple of times you hear it. id just get a double roller timing chain.
Le Mans Master
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From: Kempner Texas
Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (88L98)
gear drives, even the quiet ones, will make noise. after a while the quiet ones get just as loud as the others. the whine will sound cool for about the first couple of times you hear it. id just get a double roller timing chain.
Jake
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From: Back in San Diego Ca
Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (JAKE)
Eventhough they are louder, I have heard that gear drives are more reliable over the chain. I know that if you change your oil like clockwork your chain will last forever, but if the gears are better is it worth the noise?
Racer
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From: Nashville TN
Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (OrangeC4)
Eventhough they are louder, I have heard that gear drives are more reliable over the chain. I know that if you change your oil like clockwork your chain will last forever, but if the gears are better is it worth the noise?
Burning Brakes
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Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (A)
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Personally, I like the whine, but some people do not. A friend of mine has about 30K on his P.J.'s in his Camaro and all is well.
Personally, I like the whine, but some people do not. A friend of mine has about 30K on his P.J.'s in his Camaro and all is well.
Advanced
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From: Clarksville Tn
Re: Valve timing: Chain vs gear drive. (cohocarl)
Gear drive will be much more accurate. As for sound yes they are louder, but that is going to depend on the person whether you like it or not. As for knock, there have been several arguments over the frequency of the gear drive setting knock. I believe that it will not do that. I am going to prove this. I am installing on and I will have LT1 edit to prove the knock theory. So just wait a bit and I will clear everything up.
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