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    11/05/2019 3:14 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    Not like this 'un!!  WOW!

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    11/05/2019 7:28 PM  #2

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........


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    Engine in the car. Pete Robinson's AA/F ride.  Probably in Bakersfield.
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    11/05/2019 7:46 PM  #3

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    6sally6 wrote:


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    Engine in the car. Pete Robinson's AA/F ride.  Probably in Bakersfield.
    6sal6

    Negative on Bakersfield Big Mike. Bakersfield be flat. And the trees across from the track would be an orange orchard. Cool rail though.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    11/05/2019 8:30 PM  #4

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    Is there a cure for gear drive butt?

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    11/06/2019 5:29 AM  #5

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    The gear drive is the cure.  It was so big that the load placed on the engine would cause the chain to stretch, timing went off, and power fell off.  The gear drive prevents it. 

     

    11/06/2019 3:09 PM  #6

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    TKO, you are the only guy I know that could provide three lines of technical response to a sarcastic question...😳

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    11/06/2019 3:21 PM  #7

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    Uh-Huh .... I was gunna suggest a corset.   but that's more for driving butt.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    11/06/2019 4:51 PM  #8

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    More cow bell is the cure...

     

    11/06/2019 5:19 PM  #9

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    No piling on, guys.  TKO probably just missed sal’s original post title and my attempt at a little humor.

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    11/06/2019 6:06 PM  #10

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    I'd love to say no one ever enters a thread title with a typo on it here, butt...

     

    11/06/2019 7:32 PM  #11

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    Sal's famous for his butt ...get yourself to Myrtle Beach in April an check it out. Can't be too far from DE.
    Would luv ta put a face to the name.

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    11/06/2019 7:41 PM  #12

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    50vert wrote:

    Sal's famous for his butt ...get yourself to Myrtle Beach in April an check it out. Can't be too far from DE...............................................................(Since Australia is in the other side of da earth!)
    Would luv ta put a face to the name.

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    11/06/2019 8:11 PM  #13

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    I gare an told ya Delaware is a bit closer than Califor nye eh. If I can make it...

    Last edited by Bearing Bob (11/06/2019 8:12 PM)

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    11/06/2019 8:36 PM  #14

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    We hadta miss BB Sr's ... BB I (??)     .... No way I'm gunna miss Sal's. It's only distance.... that's what cars and planes were invented for.
    Anyone thinkin bout going, you won't forget it. Every first timer I've met has luved it.

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    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    11/06/2019 11:17 PM  #15

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    It actually reminds me of the Y blocks and of course the mod motors we have now.
    I still have an Edelbrock gear drive butt in the 289 not the 5.0😁

    Everyone always thought I had a blower in it.
    You miss that sound don’t ya Mikey?😢

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    11/07/2019 5:47 AM  #16

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    50vert wrote:

    Sal's famous for his butt ...get yourself to Myrtle Beach in April an check it out. Can't be too far from DE.
    Would luv ta put a face to the name.

    Its on my calendar.  You'll see, Geppetto made me a real boy!

     

    11/07/2019 8:55 AM  #17

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    That gear drive reminds me of that gizmo we saw in BB’s garage st the Montrose bash. The one his machinist friend made out of brass.

    And, to clear up any future confusion, and in reverence to the original BB shortcut use of initials...Henceforth, if you see initials BB, that designates Bullet Bob.

    Bearing Bob will just have to be written out in entirety.

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    11/07/2019 9:20 AM  #18

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    6sally6 wrote:

    Not like this 'un!! WOW!

    Isn't the caption is wrong?  The cam on the left rotates clock-wise, the cam on the right counter-clockwise (or vice-versa, depending on crank direction of rotation).  Might be time for a revised caption
     

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    11/07/2019 9:29 AM  #19

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    John Ha wrote:

    6sally6 wrote:

    Not like this 'un!! WOW!

    Isn't the caption is wrong?  The cam on the left rotates clock-wise, the cam on the right counter-clockwise (or vice-versa, depending on crank direction of rotation).  Might be time for a revised caption
     

     
    Musta meant same as o/e rotation.

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    11/08/2019 5:17 AM  #20

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    Yeah, the cams definitely spin in opposite directions. 

     

    11/08/2019 11:14 AM  #21

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    Re: I usta have a gear drive butt...........

    They spin in  opposite directions to help stop "engine-torquing" to the left. Gives a more stable power platform.
    J/K!
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    11/09/2019 7:34 AM  #22

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    Yep, like when we used to build pairs of boat engines one was reverse rotation. 

     

    11/09/2019 8:36 AM  #23

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    P 38 Lightening had a reverse rotation Allison engine on the port side, the small rudders were not big enough to counteract the torque of both of them running in one direction.
    In twin engined aircraft it is a big issue with the port engine out , torque plus asymmetrical thrust has disastrous results for slow to react pilots.
    I don’ t think it’s a problem with cams.

    Last edited by Rudi (11/09/2019 8:40 AM)

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