[Fot] Straight cut timing gear set

[Bill Babcock]

I've had the pleasure of buying two of them--the second one when my  
gearbox dropped onto the track at 120+ mph. Fortunately I bought both  
before the dollar became as valuable as yesterday's newspaper. They  
sure are nice, but they sure do make a lot of noise. The main reason  
for having them is NOT the shifting, it's the frictional loss. It's  
more than you'd guess, you can even see the difference with the  
crudest of measurements. For example, the stock gearbox gets very hot  
during a race, the straight cut is hardly warm to the touch.

Bill Babcock
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On May 8, 2007, at 6:25 AM, Jim Cun wrote:

> If it's Quaife then that's about 3K for the gear set  and you still  
> have to get them  to the states plus taxes I guess.
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> Sent: Tuesday, 8 May, 2007 11:16:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] Straight cut timing gear set
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> Was that with the high dollar Quaife gear set?  Last time I  
> enquired those were out of production with no plans to reproduce.   
> I can't imagine what they're worth now with the Dollar so weak.   
> Sure like to have them though...
> I just completed assembly of a customer car, including installation
> of a gearbox that had been converted to straight cut gears with dog
> synchronizers. I took a brief drive on a local highway. That
> synchronizer system is absolutely amazing and a joy to use. I don't
> know if it's an advantage from the power standpoint, but I'd guess
> the effortless shifting would be worth a half-second to a second on a
> Road America course lap time.
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