bronze distributer gear!
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bronze distributer gear!
anybody had a problem with wearing out a distributer gear causing the engine to jump time in a 454 big block, it happen twice to me within about a 6 month spand?
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A buddy had a gear problem after a rebuild....for some reason the distributor was a little to far down and was wearing out the gear. A small spacer under the distributor fixed it.
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What cam are you running is it all one piece billet roller or two piece then it has a cast iron gear You can buy teflon gaskets "shims" from jegs or summit you need to adjust the distributor with the shims to get the right gear height and make sure you can move the shaft up and down a little if you can't move it up the distributor is too far down.
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well this is problemm, i dont no what kinda cam shaft i have but my budy is tellin me to raplace it with a steel gear, it seems to be shimmed right, id o no that the motor has been beef up alittle bit i found adyno sheet that says its pumping out 456hp, it did have prochargers on it but were takin off because of issues the the dyno said with pg it put out 647 hp, im gonna pull the distributer on the other motor havent had any issues out of that one.im alittle scared to put a steel gear on there bacause if it goes i amuch bigger prob!
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well this is problemm, i dont no what kinda cam shaft i have but my budy is tellin me to raplace it with a steel gear, it seems to be shimmed right, id o no that the motor has been beef up alittle bit i found adyno sheet that says its pumping out 456hp, it did have prochargers on it but were takin off because of issues the the dyno said with pg it put out 647 hp, im gonna pull the distributer on the other motor havent had any issues out of that one.im alittle scared to put a steel gear on there bacause if it goes i amuch bigger prob!
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I think the best thing to do at this point is to ensure you don't have a bunch of bronze shavings or bronze material in you oil or engine at this time, next I would order up a composite gear for your distributor. Find an engine builder that has the MSD set-up distributor tool to find the proper height for the collar. If you have a MSD distributor with the slip collar you can adjust it to the tool, if not buy a slip collar and machine the distributor housing for the collar. I have to do this on every engine build.
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i got a boarscope out this afternoon it looks like areg cast gear its not billet, i just want to no what you guys might suggest going back with bronze or steel gear
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I think the best thing to do at this point is to ensure you don't have a bunch of bronze shavings or bronze material in you oil or engine at this time, next I would order up a composite gear for your distributor. Find an engine builder that has the MSD set-up distributor tool to find the proper height for the collar. If you have a MSD distributor with the slip collar you can adjust it to the tool, if not buy a slip collar and machine the distributor housing for the collar. I have to do this on every engine build.
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You don't want it to eat up the cam. I am going through the same thing. I had an engine builder properly set the height and check timing. Charged about an hour and a half. Engine only had 15 hours on a new custom built motor. We are hoping it was a height problem at installation. I had billet cam, so we just replaced the steel dist gear.
I'm going to pull the oil pan to get the shavings. You dont want those chunks cloging up the oil pump.
I'm going to pull the oil pan to get the shavings. You dont want those chunks cloging up the oil pump.