Timing chain set advice

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   When the average timing BELT these days is good for 60,000 miles +, a 50,000 mile SPROCKET isn't a huge selling point where I'm concerned. My dad, a former Hudson dealer, told me that in the 1950's a Hudson Hornet with a 7X cam was good for 40,000 miles on a chain and gears. The technology surely must've improved more than 25% since 1951, one would think. I like to think that a well-maintained stock V8 without a nylon-toothed timing gear SHOULD be capable of 100,000 relatively trouble-free miles. Settling for 50k is akin to buying a Corvette with an Iron Duke under the hood: you CAN do better, and IMHO you should.

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Buzzman72 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/15/2009 Location: Southern IN Status: Offline Points: 2725	Post Options Post Reply Quote Buzzman72 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/20/2018 at 7:15pm
	When the average timing BELT these days is good for 60,000 miles +, a 50,000 mile SPROCKET isn't a huge selling point where I'm concerned. My dad, a former Hudson dealer, told me that in the 1950's a Hudson Hornet with a 7X cam was good for 40,000 miles on a chain and gears. The technology surely must've improved more than 25% since 1951, one would think. I like to think that a well-maintained stock V8 without a nylon-toothed timing gear SHOULD be capable of 100,000 relatively trouble-free miles. Settling for 50k is akin to buying a Corvette with an Iron Duke under the hood: you CAN do better, and IMHO you should.
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