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  1. 04-15-2009 08:50 AM #16
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    I had one and couldn't wait to take it off, ok someone tell me why a gear drive is better for a street engine? IMO they are about as useful as a pair of fuzzy dice, a total waste of money on a street engine. They make a great paper weight but a rock is cheaper. My last word is this, I'm not a NASA scientist or pro engine builder like some of you guys, I'm just a regular guy that believes in practicality, and to me spending hundreds on a gear drive for the street, just for the noise is, well, impractical when they sell quality chains. JMO
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  3. 04-15-2009 08:41 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joliet Jake View Post
    I had one and couldn't wait to take it off, ok someone tell me why a gear drive is better for a street engine? IMO they are about as useful as a pair of fuzzy dice, a total waste of money on a street engine. JMO

    Hey now wait a minute!!!! I get a brand new pair of color coordinated fuzzy dice for every car I build for myself!!!!!

    Last Pete Jackson gear drive I bought was in '74.... It broke 2nd night out and went back to a chain and gears....

    Fuzzy dice are cheap and don't break!!!!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joliet Jake View Post
    I had one and couldn't wait to take it off, ok someone tell me why a gear drive is better for a street engine? IMO they are about as useful as a pair of fuzzy dice, a total waste of money on a street engine. They make a great paper weight but a rock is cheaper. My last word is this, I'm not a NASA scientist or pro engine builder like some of you guys, I'm just a regular guy that believes in practicality, and to me spending hundreds on a gear drive for the street, just for the noise is, well, impractical when they sell quality chains. JMO
    Hey now, be careful. All of us REALLY COOL guys have fuzzy dice.
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    Quote Originally Posted by techinspector1 View Post
    Hey now, be careful. All of us REALLY COOL guys have fuzzy dice.
    no not no more all the fuz fell off
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    Quote Originally Posted by pat mccarthy View Post
    no not no more all the fuz fell off
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    Speaking of falling apart...the dots fell off my fuzzy dice the second night they were hanging from the mirror. I don't know if it was the cars brutal accelleration or my girl friends actions while we were parked .

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    My gear drive makes noise. That's what hotrods do. No chips in the oil so it must be holding up. Cam still works good even with the low DDP stuff. I just use the Comp EOS. Maybe that's why the gear drive still works too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bentwings View Post
    Speaking of falling apart...the dots fell off my fuzzy dice the second night they were hanging from the mirror. I don't know if it was the cars brutal accelleration or my girl friends actions while we were parked .
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    Quote Originally Posted by rumrumm View Post
    I'd put good money on your girl friend. LOL!
    Man, that had to be kewl!!!! We could start rating women by how many dots get knocked off your fuzzy dice.??...
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    Sitting here visualizing bare feet kickin" the dots off fuzzy dice.....
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