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Old 02-09-2009, 03:00 PM
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Transmission: T5, 700R4, T5, 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.08, 3.27, 3.45, 3.27
Re: Gear drive in a tpi

Anyone have actual factual data? So far I only see people assuming and what not?

Would this be too noisy?
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...52167223759622

(and before someone yells r!cer, that's my car and I have always had gear drives on my corvettes, they are milodon drives)

The KS only picks up certain frequencies (reason why they are specific combos of KS & ESCs w/ engine sizes/types) anyway...I'm not sure the whining is enough to set of the KS. Tapping with a hammer is a lot different from a running gear drive. I think it might work.

If you want super steady timing, get a crank trigger. A gear drive will transmit harmonics.
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Re: Gear drive in a tpi

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Anyone have actual factual data? So far I only see people assuming and what not?

Would this be too noisy?
http://video.google.nl/videoplay?doc...52167223759622

(and before someone yells r!cer, that's my car and I have always had gear drives on my corvettes, they are milodon drives)

The KS only picks up certain frequencies (reason why they are specific combos of KS & ESCs w/ engine sizes/types) anyway...I'm not sure the whining is enough to set of the KS. Tapping with a hammer is a lot different from a running gear drive. I think it might work.

If you want super steady timing, get a crank trigger. A gear drive will transmit harmonics.
I wasn't A$$-U-MING. I was reading knocks from my scanner.
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Axle/Gears: 3.08, 3.27, 3.45, 3.27
Re: Gear drive in a tpi

Hey, real mature way to answer. Secondly, I read from your post you got knock counts during starting not running. I'm interested in wether it's a problem on a running engine, not during starting. So what's with the tone? Did I say YOU were assuming anything?

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Re: Gear drive in a tpi

That car sounds awsome is that yours what does it have in that engine
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Re: Gear drive in a tpi

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Hey, real mature way to answer. Secondly, I read from your post you got knock counts during starting not running. I'm interested in wether it's a problem on a running engine, not during starting. So what's with the tone? Did I say YOU were assuming anything?
I was kidding. Relax.
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Re: Gear drive in a tpi

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That car sounds awsome is that yours what does it have in that engine
There's a website somewhere about that car. It has around 1200hp.
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Thang imagine how much they have in that my uncle has Z06 and it hauls *** and it's stock
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Re: Gear drive in a tpi

That's not the Merlin car, it's a 77 with a little 355 with some mods. Nothing super special.
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