Making a distributor drive gear- not mini related
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I've got a 1932 straight 8 engine, that I have finally managed to find a distributor for which was hard enough (engine was missing it when I got it), however I do not have a drive gear for it. It is traditional in that it meshes with the cam, and drives both the dissy and the oil pump, I reckon it's approx 40mm diameter, and I only have the cam to go off for dims etc.

I only have 1 lead on a new one, a guy who I have found in Oz has one but he wants $200 plus shipping! Sounds like extortion but given that I don't have any info on the dims etc, am I best off just buying it rather than messing around with something that could just not work?!

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just buy it, you certainly wont get one made for that kind of money


carl

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What I was thinking, just pissed that someone bothered to nick it when it's not even part of the dissy!

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For what it's worth re. the dimensions, if it's a 90 degree skew gear (with teeth at 45 degrees) it should be identical to the one on the cam because of the 1:1 speed ratio between cam and dizzy.

And if it is a skew gear it should even be handed the same to get the 90 degrees.

EDIT - to make more sense.

Edited by Rod S on 3rd Nov, 2012.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

Your between a rock and a hard place sorry to say

Buy it before someone else does or he changes his mind. then you'll kick yourself for not buying it.

Or stick megajolt onto it lol

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

What engine is this for?

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Yeah I guess the only other option I have is to make one out of a spare cam- but never seen one of those for sale either!

I've spent $250 on the dissy so far, so it would have been cheaper to go MJ, but I love the old skool dissy look on an engine like this.

It's a 1932 Nash Straight 8, with twin plugs (dissy feeds 16 leads, so I couldn't figure out if MJ would be able to cope anyway)

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One dizzy with 16 leads ? feck lol That's gotta be some size !

Ask over on the Engines and Drivetrain section on Pistonheads.
There has been some guys there with real old stuff.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/forum.a...&f=66&mid=27545

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Stevie it has 2 condensers, two sets of points, and a twin rotor arm too! (Luckily the cap is numbered so you don't have to work out what leads go where!)

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