Str8 cuts love them or hate them?

[vkwalks39]

G'day guys, i have a question for you's, STR8 CUTS!!....Love them or Hate them? I'm deciding on buying set of str8 cuts for my 308! do you lose or gain any power with them. I do have double timing chain for my 308. please help cheers Jason

[ParkwayDrv]

* straight

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Hate them with a bloody passion......Rollmaster double row timing chain FTW!

[dirt drifter]

i dont mind them, had a set on my old 308 hq and never got sick of the noise, some cops dont like them much though.

i've heard that gear drives can transfer vibration/harmonics from the crank to the valvetrain, unlike a timing chain where the chain soaks them up. wether its true or not i dunno

[vkwalks39]

thanks for your help guys, yeah the locals (police) they don't like cars been modifly. I have a hornet scoop on my vh they dont like it at all!!! They have ask me to removed it but, i still have it on the car just i dont drive it on friday afternoon or saturday...if i have the str8 cuts I might get more unwanted attention, cheers Jason

[Blown V6 Hatch]

i've heard that gear drives can transfer vibration/harmonics from the crank to the valvetrain, unlike a timing chain where the chain soaks them up. wether its true or not i dunno

That's true, in severe cases it can even cause spark scatter, because the cam transfers the harmonics/vibrations to the distributor.

I've found them to cause more harm than good mostly.

[vkwalks39]

So. if thats true on what you are saying then i won't get them then... If they do that much damage to the engine, cause I've just spent a couple of grand on the motor. Cheers Jason

[GRPABT1]

A double row timing chain is more than enough to handle just about all the horsepower you can muster from a 308/304, single row chains were known to fail (Brocky found this out the hard way) but doubles came standard on all 304 block engines and are all you'll ever need. If the motor is old just replace the chain with a rollmaster double row to negate the stretch in the old chain.

[DANNY8]

A double row timing chain is more than enough to handle just about all the horsepower you can muster from a 308/304, single row chains were known to fail (Brocky found this out the hard way) but doubles came standard on all 304 block engines and are all you'll ever need. If the motor is old just replace the chain with a rollmaster double row to negate the stretch in the old chain.

I've pulled apart a fair few 308's and 253's and so far haven't come across one with a single row chain?? They've all had doubles. Do ya know for sure they come out with singles?

[soop]

They probably had later model kits fitted.