Cam Gear Thread
12-10-2011, 11:10 AM
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12-10-2011, 01:41 PM
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Martin,
You and I are on the same page no worries.
"Food for thought" -
As I have said many times the cutting of the tooth profile to exactly the same as the 01/04 Porsche tooth profile is the one issue that stopped me making these gears - PERIOD. After spending a lot of time and money I had to let it go because for me it was not possible. The selling price was always in the $300+ range which defeated the object.
I take my hat off to Carl for being able to machine match the 01/04 tooth profile and sell the product for $320 - well done!
As seems to be suggested if the market will accept a different tooth profile and the part can be machined from close to the 01/04 tooth profile pulley stock I can sell these gears for a lot less than $200.
We can't change to another belt with a different tooth form and replace all the gears on the car to match - two reasons -
1) No other belt exists of the length we need and tooling costs and setup to make it would be uneconomical.
2) The cost of making four gears would be in the $400 to $600 range and again does not make economical sense.
You and I are on the same page no worries.
"Food for thought" -
As I have said many times the cutting of the tooth profile to exactly the same as the 01/04 Porsche tooth profile is the one issue that stopped me making these gears - PERIOD. After spending a lot of time and money I had to let it go because for me it was not possible. The selling price was always in the $300+ range which defeated the object.
I take my hat off to Carl for being able to machine match the 01/04 tooth profile and sell the product for $320 - well done!
As seems to be suggested if the market will accept a different tooth profile and the part can be machined from close to the 01/04 tooth profile pulley stock I can sell these gears for a lot less than $200.
We can't change to another belt with a different tooth form and replace all the gears on the car to match - two reasons -
1) No other belt exists of the length we need and tooling costs and setup to make it would be uneconomical.
2) The cost of making four gears would be in the $400 to $600 range and again does not make economical sense.
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014
928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
