Jim from California

[JimV57]

Hey everyone,

I signed up a few days ago but didn't get the chance to say Hi.

I have a 1964 Lincoln 430 motor and c6 trans that I will be using in a 1961 F-100. I hope to do some performance work to the motor, particularly, the cam, which I am having reground, carb, and rebuilding the rest. I would like to get a noisy timing gear set and posted in the thread about interest in finding a source to make them. However, I was wondering if a timing gear set from a different ford motor would work...possibly from a 428 or somthing. I would appreciate any info.

[Theo]

Hi Jim, welcome to the forum. At this time I have no further information on how to use a gear drive on a MEL. My best bet is to modify a FE gear set. That would include having the idle gear (the middle gear), replaced w. a different size gear according to the MEL dimensions. This would be probably not cheap as it would have to be a custom made single piece. And it would have to be some high grade hardened gear as well as the other two gears are.
Good luck

[430 6V]

Howdy Jim.

Regarding timing sets, when I compared FE, 385, and even other brands, didn't find a compatable set. That's not to say there isn't one, just didn't find it at that time.

FYI, I did modify my factory type cam gear to acccept a Mopar offset dowel bushing kit to degree the cam.