Gear drive on 5.0?

[kfellers]

Anybody running a gear drive kit on their 5.0? What are your thoughts?

 

[just4bob50]

my buddy has one and it sounds cool at first. but anything more than a few minutes in the car and it drives me nuts. turn the radio up.

 

[illwood]

My dad's old-school dragster has a gear drive because it has mechanical fuel injection and the fuel pump is mounted driven by the cam gear. Not to mention it's a solid roller cam engine that regularly sees 7,000 RPM in a pass.

For a street car, I don't think it's worth it. Just get a quality double roller. If you really want a gear drive, get one that's as quiet as possible.

 

[kfellers]

My only reservation is that the motor is pretty much stock, and when everybody hears the whine of the gears, they will think I'm SC and want to run me, then tell everybody how they kicked the $#%^ out of a SC Mustang. Kinda' the "All show no go syndrome," but hey, I think they sound kick ass, and it's my car right!. But I can see where it could be annoying after a while though. But then again I go everywhere with the radio up loud.

 

[Black1987Stang]

I just got a timing gear set from a motor i just bought, i think theyre the Pete Jackson timing gears? Cant wait to hear them.