When these gears were first announced in Circle Track magazine and before Comp Cams was ever openly involved I called the plastics manufacuturer listed in the article and spoke with one of the engineers who had devised the actual formula for the polymer. This has been 10-15 years ago. At that time he stated in no uncertain terms that at the time testing had shown it was only intended to carry the load for a distributor in a Dry Sump engine IE: One that did NOT drive the
oil pump. The project was focused at the Winston Cup engines as they were expeimenting with different core materials in an effort to get away from cast camshafts. At the time he said they thought Comp Cams was going to be the retailer for the product and that they were still "Working" on a formula or how to make it live with the load of a heavy
oil pump for general usage. This was at a time when cam and distributor gears were being eaten up by dissimilar metals. It was thought to be a solution, but I've never been convinced.