Pics of my new Mikronite Gears
04-03-2007, 09:49 PM
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Pics of my new Mikronite Gears Last year my 12-bolt started to whine after 6 track runs last year, which means it needed to be opened for inspection. After reading about the benefits of the Mikronite process on a thread here, I decided to give Vinci Performance (sponsor here) a call. I called and talked to Roger Vinci who is not only knowledgeable about the process itself, but also about gears and rear ends (no pun intended) in general. So I decided to go forward with the process. First I had to order the gears from Strange-and per Roger's request-ordered the Motive brand gear set. The rep (Tracy) at Strange was helpful and sent the set directly to Vinci. Today, I received them so I took some pics, which don't do them justice. They almost are too nice (almost) to install.
Even though the total cost was not cheap, I feel the combined benefits (reduced operating temps, quieter operation and small hp increase) should outweigh the initial cost. Both Car Craft and MM&F did articles about mikronite gears and did realize some of the mentioned benefits. It seems the process is catching on with racers who need those benefits along with the added surface strength.
BTW - the teeth surface is just as polished as the sides. Also, the small specs you see are just pieces of the styrofoam packaging clinging to the metal surface.
Even though the total cost was not cheap, I feel the combined benefits (reduced operating temps, quieter operation and small hp increase) should outweigh the initial cost. Both Car Craft and MM&F did articles about mikronite gears and did realize some of the mentioned benefits. It seems the process is catching on with racers who need those benefits along with the added surface strength.
BTW - the teeth surface is just as polished as the sides. Also, the small specs you see are just pieces of the styrofoam packaging clinging to the metal surface.
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04-04-2007, 09:14 AM
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Motive used to be able to send them out to Smith and Wesson for a similar finishing process a while back, and they could be ordered by a vendor straight from them like that. I wonder why they stopped. I guess it just wasnt very popular at the time.
04-04-2007, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Viper
Looks good. Are we talking $200 or $700 extra?
http://vincihighperformance.com/MIKR...0PRODUCTS.HTML
04-04-2007, 04:44 PM
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Did you set up the gears in your housing before hand to find the ideal contact pattern? I have heard that setting up these gears after the process will effect pattern results.
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04-04-2007, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mrr23
the processing of the gears is $200 through vinci
http://vincihighperformance.com/MIKR...0PRODUCTS.HTML
http://vincihighperformance.com/MIKR...0PRODUCTS.HTML
04-04-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott@DrivelineSolutions
Did you set up the gears in your housing before hand to find the ideal contact pattern? I have heard that setting up these gears after the process will effect pattern results.
04-21-2007, 09:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott@DrivelineSolutions
Did you set up the gears in your housing before hand to find the ideal contact pattern? I have heard that setting up these gears after the process will effect pattern results.
