Dio Gears in a SE50?

stangman · Post by **stangman** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 5:29 am

hay chevyguy is it going to work or what hurry up i need a set i dont think it will work just j/k i know it will

Burgleflickle · Post by **Burgleflickle** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:24 pm

any word yet?

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 11:53 pm

im having my buddy i work with machine the gears. he has one of em done, im just waiting on my axle now. lol, dont worry, ill be taking a lot of pics on this topic.

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:36 am

ok, now i have my baseline of where my aero stands as of right now. id say around 42mph.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iIrqzPQH0gQ

Post by **noiseguy** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:08 am

Did this work out for you guy? If so I'd like to post this into adv tech docs.

Not sure how you handled the gear fitment, but I think that rather than welding it I would turn down the shaft on a lathe and press-fit the gear onto the shaft. my concern with welding would be shaft distortion.

Keoni · Post by **Keoni** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:02 am

I'm also interested if this works, not really because I'd recommend it but because I don't recommend it, some of you may have even heard me say this

. The thing I want to know if how much this would have costed you if your friend wasn't the one doing it for you and would it have been cheaper to get certain items custom made.

Also as noiseguy said, watch for the warping or changing the tempering of metal when it is welding, press fitting is better IMO.

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 12:42 am

well, the gears are done. i ended up useing a buddies stock dio shaft with the aftermarket gear already on it. i still have to take some pics with the gears in the block. they all fit like they should. had to eliminate one of the red plastic washers. its a perfect fit. ill get some pics for u all by the weekend.

burnt_toast · Post by **burnt_toast** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:32 am

chevyguyjay wrote:well, the gears are done. i ended up useing a buddies stock dio shaft with the aftermarket gear already on it. i still have to take some pics with the gears in the block. they all fit like they should. had to eliminate one of the red plastic washers. its a perfect fit. ill get some pics for u all by the weekend.

awesome, way to stay on top of it

Keoni · Post by **Keoni** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:27 pm

I forgot to mention why not just using all the Dio gears, in theory they should jsut fit right inside and be much easier to install.

PimpinSpree · Post by **PimpinSpree** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:55 pm

any update?

chevyguyjay · Post by **chevyguyjay** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:20 pm

well, i did put them in, but because i didnt have a bore kit, i had no take off. another sucky thing is, my speedo stops moving once it hits the "F" mark on the fuel gauge. i did notice top end, but how much......no idea. the gear swap DOES work. when i get time, im going to install the gears in my buddies spree with the NB50 engine. his engine has all the gooodies. once in start putting these gears in, believe me, u will c a lot of pics.

PimpinSpree · Post by **PimpinSpree** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 11:33 pm

so was it really pretty easy? I know a machinist that would help me

PimpinSpree · Post by **PimpinSpree** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:19 pm

so you gonna make a more in depth how-to? are performance gears all i would need to order, and then have the shaft machined to accept it?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:25 pm

PimpinSpree wrote:so you gonna make a more in depth how-to? are performance gears all i would need to order, and then have the shaft machined to accept it?

The way I understand it, you pull all three shafts along with all spacers and washers from a dio and its a drop in.

PimpinSpree · Post by **PimpinSpree** » Tue Jul 15, 2008 11:39 pm

if i could get those gears couldn't i just get the motor though?