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Old 04-02-2018, 08:45 PM   #9
jocko
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Re: Best Timing Chain SBC 350

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Originally Posted by 1972RedNeck View Post
Gear drive? Longevity and the sound...
I've had one, I was 17 and wanted it to sound like I'd somehow stuffed a blower under the hood of a 57 bel air, because, well, I couldn't afford a blower and saved a LONG time just for the $200 Pete Jackson gear drive. Never again... I got all the attention I wanted, but from the wrong people (i.e. the po po). Then again, might have had nothing to do with the whine under the hood, probably much more related to 17 y/o driving habits. But the whine did NOT help.

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