Who else has had the gears polished

hognutz · Feb 2, 2006

I don't care how well you polish or harden them if you set the gears up wrong they will still whine. they are still metal.

I won't even try to argue that the gears may not last longer but the process costs more than a new set of gears up front and gears in there normal state go 200,000 miles plus.

01Steeda · Feb 2, 2006

I still dont see you picking up 8HP due to that.

Jackie Chan · Feb 2, 2006

hahaahah

makes them harder? i dont know anyone breaking ring and pinions

Kilgore Trout · Feb 2, 2006

I think what would be cool is titanium gears

Outlaw97GT · Feb 2, 2006

Send your gears to me, I'll polish them for ya. And I'll beat their price- I'll do it for $150.00.

Polishing gears just sounds so honda......

btolenti · Feb 2, 2006

I would agree that it might help decrease drag in the rear end, but is it worth 200 dollars?

I would only do this if I was making a lot of horsepower (500+) and needed to squeeze every little bit of HP out of it. I would think with light mods (no power adder), the amount of HP you are freeing up is very small. Drivetrain loss is usually a % of the total output. Twenty percent of 300HP is a lot smaller than 20% of 600HP. I think the 8HP savings is probably on a higher HP motor.

Or, if i had problems with gearsets breaking a lot....again if I had a lot of HP.

I would think a good tune would be a much better use of 200 bucks....if that has not already been done, especially with the mods he has.

streetstang03 · Feb 2, 2006

cvgtpony03 said:
Or do you spend all of your time on here. There was a great article in one of the Mustang magazines (50mustangs and fast fords or muscle mustangs and fast fords) about this. The parts are not polished but basically sanded to a SUPER smooth surface to a point they look polished. The parts are put in a machine that has a sandy material in it that spins and turns the parts inside the machine. It goes thru several different stages with smaller and smaller "grit" material until the end when they are mirror smooth. There is a hardening process also.

It does not wear off. RUB TWO MIRRORS TOGETHER WITH A LUBRICANT BETWEEN THEM AND LET ME KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES BEFORE THE MIRRORS LOOSE THEIR SMOOTHNESS. See you in a million years. It reduces friction which in turn yeilds a little horse power gain and makes them stronger and I would believe reduce heat.

You can apply this process to engine parts also.

It is expensive but it is not rediculous. I think it is hilarious that you guys down a product when you do not even know a thing about it. Makes me wonder about the opinions I have recieved from you on previous questions I have asked you.

I am not quoting the article by the way. Just realting from my memory so I may not be 100% accurate. But I do remember reading the article and being impressed.

Go ahead and start flaming me....... .......Ken

cvgtpony03 · Feb 2, 2006

You guys should really invest 40-50 bucks in a couple of magazine subscriptions. You might learn something. Snore, snore??? That is the best you got? I have been burnt so much better than that before. C'mon, give it to me!!!

At least I only open my mouth if I know something about the subject I am talking about.

I am sure most of the people doing this mod have big bucks and/or are at the point where every little thing like this will help. There is no doubt it is a good product and would be a good investment. It is not cheap though so the question is are you gonna cough up the dough to get something professonally modifed or wine about it and call it rice because you can' afford it? Option B obviously. I personally am not going to do it. Not now at least. I have too much else to do. But if I was at a point that I could.....I would. I read the article. Unfortunantly I can't remember more from it at this second and I'm on the road so I can't look it up. I'm pretty good at sniffing out BS though and this did not stink.

Snore snore...........................Ken

CrazyHorn · Feb 2, 2006

Last night I polished the car and you know what, it was actually faster due to less friction from the wind outside, there was this dirty ls1 on the highway, he didn't stood a chance.

karman · Feb 2, 2006

goshia said:
Who else has had the grears polished at Mikronite. I have sent my 3.73 FRPP Gear and Pinon set into Mikronite for polishing

http://www.mikronite.com/flashRoot.asp

OKAY EVERYONE STOP LAUGHING !!!!!

This is a real proven process I WON'T BOTHER WITH, but it really is much more than polishing. We use it at work on super high speed parts that would bind up and slow down under normal polishing. It will last for quite a while (IT DOES WEAR OFF EVENTUALLY). It is the BEST treatment if you feel you need to do it.

white-04 · Feb 2, 2006

How many of us wasted $200 on a CAI? I give him credit for trying it out. This is something for those people that say, "I've done every bolt on and don't want a supercharger, what should I do?"

If you could dyno before and after, that would kick ***. If not, let us know what you think when its installed.

goshia · Feb 2, 2006

I guess your just don’t understand engineering, lower coefficient of resistance equals freed upped ponies

Outlaw97GT said:
Send your gears to me, I'll polish them for ya. And I'll beat their price- I'll do it for $150.00.

Polishing gears just sounds so honda......

tomustang · Feb 2, 2006

cvgtpony03 said:
Snore, snore??? That is the best you got? I have been burnt so much better than that before.

I know you have

Shiroelex · Feb 2, 2006

Jackie Chan said:
hahaahah

makes them harder? i dont know anyone breaking ring and pinions

*cough*

I think of this whole process as being similar to forging internals in your engine. It's a little something extra in the back, if you've already done everything else (31 splines, etc).

san~man · Feb 2, 2006

white-04 said:
How many of us wasted $200 on a CAI? I give him credit for trying it out. This is something for those people that say, "I've done every bolt on and don't want a supercharger, what should I do?"

If you could dyno before and after, that would kick ***. If not, let us know what you think when its installed.

I didn't =D

FWIW, it "may" help but it certainly isn't "worth" 200 bux. JMHO.

streetstang03 · Feb 2, 2006

tomustang said:
I know you have

you said it

01Steeda · Feb 2, 2006

no I havent wasted 200 dollars on a useless CAI and I wont be wasting it on this. It may free up a half pony.. but come on.

2013 Geee T · Feb 3, 2006

btolenti said:
I think it may be more for true drag racers. Then there should be no break in time when they swap gears at the track.......

Yeah, maybe if you are using them for one or two runs before changing them?

white-04 · Feb 3, 2006

Did a little bit of searching, did find this tidbit. 'Mark Campbell of Crane Cams explains how Mikronite treated gear sets gained eight horsepower over non-treated versions.' (Fordmuscle.com)

Of course, it doesn't say on what type of car. Even if it gives half (4 hp), for $200, that's more than some other bolt-on mods add at a similar price.

Uncle Meat · Feb 3, 2006

I sent my gears to Mikronite a few months back and had them polished. They were so frickin' pretty when I got them back I had to install a clear lexon diff cover so everyone could enjoy them!

U.M.

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