how do i go about timing with a gilmore drive...should i just center my distributer??and is it o.k if my vacume advance is diconected??

 

What the heck is a gilmore drive??

 

Are there no marks on the lower pulley with the Gilmer drive?

 

This is a gilmer drive ...

 

AHH! That's what I was going to guess. I didn't know that those big flat poly belts actually had a name...

 

Your overall performance (except wide open throttle) will be affected if you don't have the vac advance hooked up. So will your fuel economy. If your car has a carb, then hook a vac line to the nipple that is farthest forward at the base of the carb.

 

Unhook and plug the vac advance lines to the carb to time. If engine was in running condition before swap and in time, it should not need any changes.

 

putt your "v" belt drive on, time the motor, send me you gilmore. your all set...jk

 

i would but i cant get over that "music to my ears"!!i'm lucky i got it when i bought the car**.......i fricken triped when i saw a gilmer drive on ebay with A 5 INCH belt....WOW....outrageously CoOL^

 

My gilmour drive is rubbing on my alternator stripping metal of the pulley..If i loosen it.. its stops temporarily for like a day but then its back on again..Anyone got any solutions would be much appreciated thanks

 

lerala- COULD YOU SHIM IT ENOUGH FOR CLEARANCE???
NOW YOU GET A SPOON POP FOR THREAD JACKING!!!LOL J/K
THIS GILMORE SETUP IS THE SHIZILE!!!

 

HA sorry about that im new to this..Gilmour drive is the shizile gave up aircon for that sweet sound..Well worth sweating my **** of for..

 

where can i find this to buy do they make it for 12a's

 

Contact Dan Atkins

 

tweakit.net makes them for the 12a..

 

Gilmer belt (not gilmore) is a toothed drive belt that runs on notched pulleys. Common with modern piston engines for the cam timing belt since it reduces the high rotating inertia associated with chain drives and maintains proper timing while it is intact.

I don't know why anyone would want to use it with an ordinary fan and water pump setup since timing isn't important.

 

i think it would be better then trying to use 2 belts when you remove you smog pump. thats why i wanted to know info on it.

 

They are neat, but god awful expensive. Somewhere around 450USD if I remember correctly.

 

damn thats cool!
where are you in hawaii?

 

if you find a kiwi (sp?) they can get them for 300nzd or so. which is a little over 200$ us.

any one else think this would be a better setup then useing the tractor belts when you remove the smog pump.(running two belts ect.

i can bet a bunch of people from mass are going to flood the board when they find out on 1-10-08 they just have to pass safety if there car is older then 1994/ mite be 95 and older .

 

i cant wait until i get my S4 T2 motor so i can get a gilmer pulley set up.

 

I'm on the bigisland were u at

 

back to the topic" anyone ever shot timing with a gilmer drive??

 

im on oahu. i heard they got some pretty fast fb's over there.

i dont think anyone has done timing with a gilmer drive, but then again this car has been around for ages so someone has done it.

 

In order to set your timing, you have to find your TDC. In order for that, you will have to remove your side inspection plate.

On the passenger side of the engine bay, you will find the intake and exhaust side of the engine. Towards the back of the engine, before the transmission, you fill find a plate with 2 10mm or 12mm bolts holding it into the engine. I cannot remember what side, but I am leaning towards 10mm. Remove them. When they are gone, you should see the flywheel. Turn the front pully by hand until the FLAT SIDE of the flywheel (79-82 has a total FLAT side, 83-85 has a side with the grooves lacking, you will know what I mean) is parallel to the flat side of the engine. This finds your Top Dead Center. Now, with the dizzy OUT of the engine, align the line on the distrubter base with the dots. Slide it in, with little to no movement (preferably NO movement) on the distributer rotor.

You now have Top Dead Center (TDC).