proform timing gear-anyone tried it?

[pazur]

I want to try timing gear but don't want to spend $200+ for edelbrock or pete jackson brands. Some folks sell on ebay "proform" brand for $50 for sbf. Anyone has experience whether it is worth a try? Is there a chance its teeth would be imprecisely CNC'ed, crack, bended, etc?

 

[C0V3R]

I got rid of a set of their rockers and replaced them with crane golds due to poor machining tollerances. No idea about their timing gear.

 

[speedytang]

I have them in my 350ci Corvettes with no problems and years and years of use.

 

[htwheelz67]

I wouldn't, it will self destruct and ruin your engine........same as a snap on versus a chineese socket set ( a couple hundres vs a couple dollars), you get what you pay for 50.00 will bareley buy you a decent timing chain......you will be sorry

 

[ron67fb]

Are you sure the eBay one is brand new and in fact from Proform? Got a link? Proform is probably out of the Ford gear drive business and these are the left overs, since online stores only list Chevy applications. There are a lot of cheap timing gears on ebay with no brand listed; I'd stay away from those. With the proliferation of cheap CNC machines there is a lot of junk out there made in people's barns.

 

[pazur]

double checked it and you're right it's "pro comp" some strange brand, not proform. do you know anything about this brand?

Are you sure the eBay one is brand new and in fact from Proform? Got a link? Proform is probably out of the Ford gear drive business and these are the left overs, since online stores only list Chevy applications. There are a lot of cheap timing gears on ebay with no brand listed; I'd stay away from those. With the proliferation of cheap CNC machines there is a lot of junk out there made in people's barns.

 

[Gud T.B. Blown]

double checked it and you're right it's "pro comp" some strange brand, not proform. do you know anything about this brand?

Procomp is another chinese company doing cheap knock-offs. You're always better off paying more for a proven product than rolling the dice on a cheap knock-off. Especially on timing gears. If they break there goes your whole engine.

 

[ron67fb]

The Summit gear drive is $20 less than the name-brand sets. Summit re-badges stuff, so until you get the product you won't know if it's a Pete Jackson or Chinese clone. At that price though I can see it being one of the better-known brands. The down side though is that it only comes in a "noisy" version. But then again all gear drives are fairly noisy anyway, even for a "quiet" one.

 

[bnickel]

i was going to ask if it was truly a pro-form gearset or if it was actually pro-comp. i wouldn't hve a probelm running a pro-form set but wouldn't touch a pro-comp with a 10 foot pole.

 

[htwheelz67]

most pro form and pro comp is the same chinese crap, stay away from rocker arms,timing chains/gear drives, heads are so so, distributors are OK but some not, intake mani's have got pretty decent, ignition boxes are 50/50 good/bad.......like I said you get what you pay for......a 50.00 gear drive is a 50.00 gear drive.......like a 2.00 ratchet it will break real quick...........

 

[bnickel]

pro-form is not the same quality as pro-comp and i'm not even sure they use chinese crap. they supply a lot of stuff to GM performance parts and i don't think GMPP would use chinese crap.

pro-form some decent quality parts and they have brand new duraspark distributors for anyone that cares, i plan on using one of their dizzy's for my car.

 

[pazur]

these ebay timing gears are the same pro-comp that manufactures truck suspensions, wheels and tires (at least for jeeps) or the guy just uses their trade name?

 

[ron67fb]

http://www.fordmuscle.com/archives/2006/02/EditorsCorner/

 

[bnickel]

these ebay timing gears are the same pro-comp that manufactures truck suspensions, wheels and tires (at least for jeeps) or the guy just uses their trade name?

they are not the same company. Pro-Comp 4x4 and Pro Comp electronics.