Sc drop gears needed?
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What sort of power would you say I need sc drop gears, I'm not wanting to put them in if not needed because of the noise mainly, cheers phil

an interesting question,

robert on here has had great suscess with sticking 200hp+ through helical drops.

in short, as joe says, but you need to run a SC gearset, with helical drops, better to put your money in the gearset and have better ratios than paying for noisey SC drop gears

My old age is showing as I also would run helical drops on everything but a race car these days, however I would make a point of ensuring that your helical drops are in top condition (particularly the primary gear bushes) and ensure that primary and idler end float are correctly set. I would also replace the idler bearings and the 1st motion nose bearing + race as a matter of precaution

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=381228

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

Cheers lads, il be putting fresh bearings in where I can, is it the torque or high rpm that kills then or just abit of both,

the torque, or misalignment form worn bearings IMO

i can say if your getting a straight gear set imo its worth the extra for a quality set like med super finish the kit i got is ruff and lose to say the least there seems to be a lot of back lash well i think its a fair bit altho not as much as my old helical set it had clasped bearings...

I've got sc drop gears, I find that the intake sound(cone filter) is just as load as the gears when cruising.