any reason not to run a gear drive in a jet boat?
i have always run them (quiet ones, still noisy) in all my motors never had any failures. they are pretty bullet proof. opinions?
chris.

any reason not to run a gear drive in a jet boat?
i have always run them (quiet ones, still noisy) in all my motors never had any failures. they are pretty bullet proof. opinions?
chris.

I guess be careful of the "cheapy" ones,, I am putting a Milodon on a 621 cubic inch all aluminum engine that I am assembling (that will be turbocharged on E85 fuel). 

any reason not to run a gear drive in a jet boat?
i have always run them (quiet ones, still noisy) in all my motors never had any failures. they are pretty bullet proof. opinions?
chris.

Hmmmm...Never had a double roller fail either and you can't here them whine while they work....Had a Cloyes gear drive in my LS7 powered  '75 3/4 ton 4X4 Chevy and the chicks hated it....

IMHO, not much advantage to be had over a standard timing set...The valve timing is a tiny bit more accurate, but on a jet that needs to be under throttle to move at all, I don't think the accuracy will ever come into play...

They whine like, well....They whine.




GT