Aluminium auxillary shaft gears-round, square tooth and TIII!

[bakes]

I'm in for a black 8v

[turbovanman²]

I'm in for a black 8v

Hehehe, I knew you'd cave,

[turbovanman²]

Ok, updated with new pics in post 1 and here soooooooooooooooooo what do you guys want? Do you want large holes or triangles or ? Do you want it scalloped and/or similiar to an AEM gear? They will be alot thinner than this, even for the TIII. Do you want these made as light as possible? LMK ASAP!

[bakes]

How about 4 thin spokes.

[badandy]

If the round holes mean the gear will stay the same price and the spoked gear will be more than I'll stay with the round holes personally...but I'll go with the majority

[Reeves]

I like the spoke idea....but think 5 or more spokes may be better.
Similar to stock Neon cam gears or DOHC cam gears.

I'm also fine with just holes. Spokes would be lighter though.

I wouldn't be spending the money on this mod if it wasn't for the weight savings, so I'm hoping it's A LOT.

[Directconnection]

If I get one, weight has nothing to do with it for me... it's the diameter of said pulley as I'm sure aluminum will be lighter anyways... and the larger od spinning less rpm is an advatage over the larger od's rotating losses.

[badandy]

I wouldn't be spending the money on this mod if it wasn't for the weight savings, so I'm hoping it's A LOT.

What Beavis said....

[BadAssPerformance]

Wow, that thick and it weighs as much as steel... definite diet needed.

Whether circles or spokes, the key to a strong part is to fillet all those sharp cormners, meaning make your final CNC pass with a ball end mill

[turbovanman²]

I like the spoke idea....but think 5 or more spokes may be better.
Similar to stock Neon cam gears or DOHC cam gears.

I'm also fine with just holes. Spokes would be lighter though.

I wouldn't be spending the money on this mod if it wasn't for the weight savings, so I'm hoping it's A LOT.

Ok, I'll see what he says. So 3 for spokes,

Wow, that thick and it weighs as much as steel... definite diet needed.

Whether circles or spokes, the key to a strong part is to fillet all those sharp cormners, meaning make your final CNC pass with a ball end mill

Read much? lol. Solid, its lighter than all the gears and now drilled I'll re-weigh it. Again, this is a, wait for it, wait for it, A PROTOTYPE,

[BadAssPerformance]

Good luck with your protoype. One sprocket at a time, your van will be less than 3000lbs in no time

[turbovanman²]

Good luck with your protoype. One sprocket at a time, your van will be less than 3000lbs in no time

Well, ahem, it will be gaining weight, I am putting a power drivers seat in, factory side skirts and plastic one piece front and rear bumpers,

But the new head will fix that,


ADDED the new weight, its now half the weight of a stock TIII gear,

[Juggy]

Wow, that thick and it weighs as much as steel... definite diet needed.

Whether circles or spokes, the key to a strong part is to fillet all those sharp cormners, meaning make your final CNC pass with a ball end mill

its a 2D machining process...so ball or flat end, its going to end up the same radius of the cutter regardless.....best to machine with a flat cutter..

edit: unless your talking about the groove left from th gear tooth to the inside of the pulley? then yes that would def be a good idea



I vote for more lightening! looks like there is still tons of meat to machine on the backside of the pulley, doubt we need anything more then a 1/4" thick to hold things.

[Juggy]

If I get one, weight has nothing to do with it for me... it's the diameter of said pulley as I'm sure aluminum will be lighter anyways... and the larger od spinning less rpm is an advatage over the larger od's rotating losses.

it better be the same diameter as stock....or my timing is going to be FUUUCKED UP

[turbovanman²]

it better be the same diameter as stock....or my timing is going to be FUUUCKED UP

Steve has a TIII, and yes, same as stock.

[Juggy]

bump....any updates on more lightening??

ps just need the 1 for myself, other local isnt interested at this time....

[turbovanman²]

He's going to make them like the DOHC sprockets, thin spokes.

[Juggy]

He's going to make them like the DOHC sprockets, thin spokes.

sounds good! are u going with 5 or 6 spokes???

going to machine any meat off of the backside??

[turbovanman²]

sounds good! are u going with 5 or 6 spokes???

going to machine any meat off of the backside??

Not sure if there will be much meat left to machine off, don't forget, the pics are a TIII gear, much thicker than an 8 valve gear.

5 spoke I believe.

[badandy]

Looking forward to these