Moss adjustable cam gear

[brett]

Acceptable or not?

Any recommendations that get the job done and aren't going to put me too far over budget?

 

[Hap Waldrop]

There are tow offered, the cheaper one has multi keyway slots in the crank pulley, and requires you to pull the assembly off to change the cam timing, then the more expensive unit is the vernier style which give you adjustabilty with the unit mounted. I used amny of both over the years and prefer the vernier style, really when i building a engine for a customer, they ehy make me use offset keyways or the multi keyway units, for the extra labor they pay me to use these solutions they could have got the vernier unit. Check out the The B Hive, Gordon has the Romac Rollmaster verniers for alot less than Moss is advertizing thier vernier, and the Rollmaster unit is higher quality than the Kent unit in my opinion, even thohg boht are nice, the Rollmaster unit comes with a IWIS timing chain, that's a $45.00 timing chain and considered to be the world best chain stock. Check out Gordon and give him a call about the Rollmaster unit, I think you find it much better priced, I'm the one who turned Gordon on to this product, I use alot of them in Midget race engines. Here's a picture of a Midget unit, but the MGB look the same, dialing in your cam timing on a given cam within the engine is going to insure you, you get all the goodie form the performnce cam, this is not the cheapest route, but it's the best.

 

[jlaird]

Is this something needed when useing a modified cam?

Hap. in laymen terms what is the need for this?

I had a hot road cam in a Bugeye and never used one, what did I do wrong?

 

[brett]

Is there a good article to follow when using the adjustable cam gear (vernier type)?

Gordon's price on the Romac Rollmaster is good...for sure.

 

[brett]

Is this something needed when useing a modified cam?

Hap. in laymen terms what is the need for this?

I had a hot road cam in a Bugeye and never used one, what did I do wrong?

I can't resist...

You had a bugeye /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

(keep in mind I like bugeyes)

 

[jlaird]

Did I not have a Bugeye.

948 balanced to 1/4 gram, static and dynamic, over bored .030. HS2 carbs. Smooth exhaust manifold, lightened flywheel, hot road cam, high compression alum pistons, 12A185 head.

Would go to 7300 RPM and pull till it got there. Came on cam at 2300 RPM.

Ran it 17 years and rebuilt it three times, freshen up you know.