R16 Adjstable cam gear

ianmiller07 · Post by **ianmiller07** » Mon May 03, 2004 3:23 pm

Just a wild idea, but has anyone ever seen an adjustable cam gear for the R motor? With the new cam for the stroker I would like to be able to time the cam.

Thanks

Post by **spl310** » Mon May 03, 2004 9:19 pm

I believe that Malvern Racing either had one, or could make one. Their contact information was:

Malvern Racing
271 Malvern Farm Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22903-7440 US
phone: 434-971-9668
fax: 434-971-5652

I say was because the key guy behind it has died. Their website is no more, so they may be defunct. Let us know what you find.

Minh · Post by **Minh** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:35 pm

No sure of the R16, but I think I saw one for the U20 at Fairlady Products.

Chris C. · Post by **Chris C.** » Tue May 04, 2004 9:51 am

An adjustable cam gear came in one of the motors for my race car. I've done a little research, and haven't come up with a phone number for the original source (Dial In Cams). I've only heard of one other adjustable gear, which used offset woodruff keys to change the timing.

Here's a pic of mine:
http://www.risensonracing.com/images/timinggear.jpg

Chris Coker

oilleak · Post by **oilleak** » Tue May 04, 2004 6:54 pm

Adjustable U20 gears can be made from stock ones by drilling out the holes for offset bushings for a small block chevy adjustable cam gear application. Any speed shop or summit or jegs will have the offset bushing kit. you'd just need to find a machine shop to drill the stock bolt holes out to the propper oversize

Post by **spl310** » Tue May 04, 2004 8:06 pm

I think that Dean sells one that does not use the bushings. At least there was one on his web site. It is of course a U20 item only. I searched for Dial-In-Cams to see about the R16 unit, but the only lead that I have is from a Porsche 928 lister that indicated that he got his from California. I could not find a contact though...

ianmiller07 · Post by **ianmiller07** » Thu May 06, 2004 8:12 am

I called Malvern Racing yesterday. I got an answering machine and left a message, but have not heard back from them yet. I just wanted to keep everyone informed. BTW thanks to everyone for the information.