Melonized Distributor Gears Brand/Manufacturer

[89BLK5OH]

What is everyone’s brand/manufacturer preference for Melonized steel distributor gears ? Quality and durability are major concerns.

I have access to a Crane and Morel gear.

Thanks

[Geoff2]

I use the gear that came on my $80 Chinese HEI dist. Been in use about 4 yrs, driven most weekends. I check ign timing [ will retard if gears wear ] every few months & last check it had advanced 1 degree!!

[Walter R. Malik]

What is everyone’s brand/manufacturer preference for Melonized steel distributor gears ? Quality and durability are major concerns.

I have access to a Crane and Morel gear.

Thanks

First of all ... "Melonized" is a trade name for a specific process. Other companies will simply call it something else.

[allencr267]

advanced 1 degree!!

Time to ck. TDC on your damper/balancer.

[CamKing]

"Melonized" is just a trade name for a specific salt-bath nitriding process.
We sell "Melonized" steel gears for SBC, and BBC engines, with either the .492" or ,500" bore size.
We have them made for us, in the U.S., by the same gear manufacturer that makes the 8620 steel gears we press onto our tool steel cores.
We sell the gears for $74.00 each.