Has anyone been able to adapt something to make a gear drive timing set for a 200?
Well, you could shrink the 2 gears that are there to make room for the idler, just saying...rbohm":1gtvynmm said:cnc-dude is right if you are talking about a 300 big six style gear drive. the problem there is that the small six timing cover isnt large enough to use that style drive as the gears are too far apart.
adding a third gear is a possibility, that maintains the standard rotation cam and distributor, but it also has the problem of the timing cover not being large enough to handle the extra gear.
X2 I have not had any problem with the oem drive and I abuse It.The 250 has some drive issues but the 200 is fine ,just use good parts.CNC-Dude":2h3qs51s said:You might begin with a justification of why this is a viable swap for your needs. Given the custom fit aspect of it, does your build warrant such an upgrade to a gear drive, and with all the extra costs involved to buy the gears set and possible fab costs to make them fit. Do you end up being better with a gear drive over a double roller chain setup. Gear drives drain HP, on a certain dirt track engine we saw a 40 HP loss from switching to a gear drive over a timing chain in a SBC engine, with all other components in the engine being identical. On engines such as these inlines that don't make a lot of power anyway compared to others, is the power loss worth the switch.
64 200 ranchero":3aopbj1p said:Check out echo1955's video mustang build III...
64 200 ranchero":h8whu49t said:Has anyone been able to adapt something to make a gear drive timing set for a 200?
I do not use a roller, I use stock oem name brand.64 200 ranchero":3rrvxftr said:I have abused my double roller quite a bit, I just don't like the looseness of it, I swear that the stock chain was a bit tighter. I just don't want to skip a tooth. I know that there is some degree of slack, but mine seems excessive. I just bought a new double roller chain, let's see if it was just worn out. I'll take some pictures when I have the chain cover off again.
65coupei6":c0lybzwz said:64 200 ranchero":c0lybzwz said:Has anyone been able to adapt something to make a gear drive timing set for a 200?
Yes. Back in the day, a guy named Mike made some. Not Mike, AzCoupe, but a guy in Sonoma, CA
CI was supposed to sell them but there was some kind of falling out.
They did sound good!