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Originally Posted by Steve C.
Articles from MSD will point out the effort that goes into a ring-and-pinion installation. Yet many don't think twice about the distributor gear/cam gear relationship unless performance starts to suffer.
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Yep,
It's important to dress the gear on the cam before installation to remove the sharp edges and burrs. That's been talked about on this forum quite a bit over the years yet very few people seem to practice it.
With that done, and the soft bronze gear on a steel roller cam, I actually haven't had issues with the bronze prematurely wearing, even with an 80 psi pump. These days I just go for the composite gears because I feel it's a better solution, but I still dress the cam gear regardless. Depth is another thing that needs to be checked as well. How many actually check the pattern??