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7DMACH1
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posted 02-24-2003 05:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 7DMACH1   Click Here to Email 7DMACH1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I just got a reply fom Comp Cams. They said DO NOT use the Crane steel gear. It's not compatible with their cam gear material. RAY

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Daniel Jones
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posted 02-24-2003 05:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Daniel Jones   Click Here to Email Daniel Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
> I just got a reply fom Comp Cams. They said DO NOT use the Crane steel
> gear. It's not compatible with their cam gear material. RAY

Are you running a street solid roller or a race solid roller?
Comp lists their hydraulic roller cams and certain street solid
roller profiles as being compatible with OEM cast iron cam gears.
I called Comp to discuss this and the tech I spoke with (Dennis)
said their -8 part number hydraulic and street roller cam cores are
austempered ductile iron. A surface treatment hardens the cam lobes
so they can run a roller lifter. He also said either a cast iron or
cast steel distributor gear is compatible with the -8 cores to run
with the cam. Not compatible are machined steel gears like the Crane
351C part which is made of 8620 steel, the same as a solid roller
gear. He said the OEM and Ford Motorsport steel gears are a cast
steel and would work fine but Ford doesn't make one for a 351C.
Solid roller cams are usually ground on 8620 billet cores and require
bronze distributor gears. It may be possible to use a machined steel
gear like the Crane (though Mike Trusty had trouble with his) but not
an OEM cast steel gear.

Dan Jones

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bifs66
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From: Maryland
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posted 02-24-2003 06:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bifs66   Click Here to Email bifs66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has anyone determined if the composite gears are available for SBFs (in place of the bronze)?

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Bernie Frank
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Just Strokin
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From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001

posted 02-24-2003 07:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Just Strokin   Click Here to Email Just Strokin     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Dan,

I just got off the phone with comp tech and they told me that the cam I have requires a bronze gear. The part number is 34-710-8 and he said it was a billet core not austempered ductile iron. Hummmmm, has me wondering if maybe some are iron and some are billet even though they are -8's.

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Larry

No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit...

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7DMACH1
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posted 02-24-2003 08:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 7DMACH1   Click Here to Email 7DMACH1     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The person that answered my e-mail was Darrell Miles. I gave him the link to Crane Cams gears. I gave him the info from my cam. Part number 32-771-8. Grind number FC288R-10. Serial number MB1991. RAY

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Daniel Jones
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posted 02-25-2003 01:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Daniel Jones   Click Here to Email Daniel Jones     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I had to call Comp three times before I got a consistent story. The first two guys didn't have a clue but the third guy seemed to know what he was talking about.

Dan Jones

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