Distributor gear for steel roller cam

I plan on using an external belt-driven oil pump.
Given this, does it make much difference what kind of distributor gear I use with a steel cam ?

Yes. Regardless of what kind of oil pump, the distributor gear must be a Bronze (or Nylon) gear. You cannot have two hard gear together, one must be a softer material.

JBR-3 wrote:I plan on using an external belt-driven oil pump.
Given this, does it make much difference what kind of distributor gear I use with a steel cam ?

A bronze or composite distributor gear can be used on all ... some grade steel cams can use a steel gear; (not iron).

Great, thanks gents !

One side question.

The rear ring & pinion are the same material. Much higher loading. I just thought of this.

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different type of gear mesh... hypoid gears versus spiral gears.. big difference

BossHoss, Thanks for giving me a smack on the head. Different gear types.

Might consider the Lunati gear also (probably made by Crane).

http://www.jegs.com/i/Lunati/638/89100/10002/-1

http://cranecams.com.au/pdfs/pp1110a.pdf


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