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Re: History of plastic timing chain gears?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/19/2015

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Hello, Ted

The old fiber gears were used because they were gear-on-gear and were very quiet. This was more apparent on a flathead V8 than on a clattering OHV Stove Bolt Six. The aluminum replacement... Login to read more.