Hi Vic,
I'm in it too!
Over here in Belgium we have a few 2000 in need of new timing
components.
And we have NO vendor over here, everything has to be order through
the US vendors.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Landuyt" <stl@adnc.com>
To: "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>;
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: Timing gears and 5 speed boxes
> Victor,
>
> How many participants do you need? I'm in.
>
> I'm restoring a U20 and have purchased a timing set up at current
prices.
> Painful. I don't look forward to replacing timing parts in the
future, but
> as intriguing as the various potential engine swaps are, they
aren't my
> cup of tea. I 'd like to keep the U20 in the car.
>
> From speaking to vendors, it looks like there are no other currently
> available sources for timing gears once the current stock is gone.
For the
> past couple of years there has been the hope that "something" would
happen.
> Maybe Nissan would put them back into production, maybe Nissan would
> identify the original producer who would then become a direct
source, maybe
> a vendor would reproduce them, maybe something else would happen.
So far it
> hasn't.
>
> I'm ready to have a group of us take the initiative.
>
> Steve Landuyt
> San Diego
> '69 2000
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Laury, Victor" <LauryV@MTA.NET>
> To: "'The Dread Pirate Roberts'"
<svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>;
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <jamie@housemanautosport.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:01 AM
> Subject: Timing gears and 5 speed boxes
>
>
> > One-off's ARE pricey, but a "group buy" could lower the costs to
fair
> market
> > price. I spoke to Jamie Houseman of Houseman Autosports
> > http://www.housemanautosport.com/index.html several months ago and
he told
> > me he could reproduce our U20 timing gears for a reasonable batch
price.
> > This would not be too profitable for a vendor as he have to mark
them up
> to
> > cover his time and effort, and price them out of reach. Jamie is
also very
> > experienced with our 5 speeds. but, instead of replacing the NLA
servo
> style
> > syncros, he converts the box to "dog engagement". Now, I don't
know how a
> > "Dog engagement" box would perform on the street, or how it would
hold up
> as
> > a daily driver, but it sounds like an option to the other choice,
which is
> > using our 5 speeds as boat anchors.
> >
> > Victor
> > 70 SRL 31113136
> > 72 HLS30 48255
> > 72 HLS30 94071
> > 65 L-320 Pickup
> > Los Angeles
> > SoCalROC http://www.socalroc.com/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The Dread Pirate Roberts
> > [mailto:svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 8:38 AM
> > To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Timing gears
> >
> >
> > One-offs are expensive, but after looking at pics of the U20
timing
> > sprockets, I can't
> > help but think that they wouldn't be all that difficult to
fabricate. In
> > fact, one could
> > probably improve on the originals. Cutting sprockets isn't a job
for your
> > average
> > high-school metal shop student, but it ain't rocket science,
either.
> Chains
> > are easy, so I
> > think that all of the sturm und drang about the demise of the U20
is
> > premature.
> >
> > One question that has popped up in my mind during all of the
recent
> > exchanges re: U20
> > timing stuff is - what do the folks who race with the U20 do?
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > San Jose, CA
> >
> > John Hogan wrote:
> >
> > > I know this is everyone's favorite topic as of late, but I've
just
> pulled
> > > my gears off my U20 and posted some pictures on my website. If
some of
> > > ya'll are inclined, I would appreciate it if you could take a
couple
> > > minutes and hop over and give me your opinion on them.
Naturally, my
> > > concern is wear and whether or not they warrant replacement.
Thanks
> > >
> > > http://www.madgrizzle.com/Timing_gears.htm
> > >
> > > John Hogan
> > >
> > > ack! no sigfile
> > >
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