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Originally Posted by Jamo
Dave...true if you're using a solid roller cam and a bronze gear. Not just cold starts...the pump is running off the gear, and bronze just doesn't have the durability for that.
Pat and I had essentially the same motors, except for the dry sump on his motor. I blew bronze gears...he didn't.
That's why I finally changed over to a flat tappet.
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Jamo, why is a bronze gear required with a solid roller, I never did understand that? Isn't the
oil pump driven from the bottom of the distributor such that any gear material can be used with the cam interface?
BTW, I went to a flat tappet also when I had the engine detuned.