Gear drive on the street: Durability???
08-08-2010, 10:27 AM
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gear drives eat alot of hp.they are far more durable than a timing chain though.We use them alot in marine engines.never used one on an ls.On bbc's and sbc's we drill a tiny hole in one of the oil galley plugs to spray oil on the gears.
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08-08-2010, 07:01 PM
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I would think they would be ok for short burst stuff. They have oil in the gear case, although it is not much (I think both types use 4 oz). The gear case oil might overheat in steady freeway type driving, but should be ok in local cruise type stuff.
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08-10-2010, 07:34 AM
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Whats the problem with the geeardrive setups?
08-10-2010, 07:38 AM
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08-11-2010, 05:15 PM
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I am not sure they would not work on a long haul, but I would at least put a thermocouple on the gear box and check temps before I went driving off. The gears they use look like a narrowed set of quickchange gears from a sprint car, so load should not be a problem if the temp is ok. Not sure anybody has tried the long haul with them, and it seems it was not the intended use when they were built.
You could probably tie it in with the engine oiling pretty easy, but a little testing first to see if thats needed. The Chassiworks one calls for 4 ounces of Mobil one gear oil, and the supercharger store calls for the same or 4 ounces of Procharger oil. Not sure if long drives might heat this up, or with low load maybe it will never get hot?
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You could probably tie it in with the engine oiling pretty easy, but a little testing first to see if thats needed. The Chassiworks one calls for 4 ounces of Mobil one gear oil, and the supercharger store calls for the same or 4 ounces of Procharger oil. Not sure if long drives might heat this up, or with low load maybe it will never get hot?
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08-12-2010, 02:31 AM
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I am not sure they would not work on a long haul, but I would at least put a thermocouple on the gear box and check temps before I went driving off. The gears they use look like a narrowed set of quickchange gears from a sprint car, so load should not be a problem if the temp is ok. Not sure anybody has tried the long haul with them, and it seems it was not the intended use when they were built.
You could probably tie it in with the engine oiling pretty easy, but a little testing first to see if thats needed. The Chassiworks one calls for 4 ounces of Mobil one gear oil, and the supercharger store calls for the same or 4 ounces of Procharger oil. Not sure if long drives might heat this up, or with low load maybe it will never get hot?
Kurt
You could probably tie it in with the engine oiling pretty easy, but a little testing first to see if thats needed. The Chassiworks one calls for 4 ounces of Mobil one gear oil, and the supercharger store calls for the same or 4 ounces of Procharger oil. Not sure if long drives might heat this up, or with low load maybe it will never get hot?
Kurt
Chris.
