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727 Alum. drum #186695
01/07/09 02:56 PM
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I have a chance to up grade to the alum. drum. The guy that has it said it has a season one race season on it.How long do they last before you replace them?What do you look for as in wear or abuse? Thanks


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Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186696
01/07/09 03:40 PM
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the area where the seals ride , the area where the band applies and the slots that hold the steels are the surfaces that wear .

how many PASSES in a season does the guy make and why is he changing it out ?

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: JohnRR] #186697
01/07/09 04:23 PM
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John I will ask him.He sent me photos of the drums.From what I could see there was no wear patterns or groves.The new drum goes for around five hundred dollars .What is a used one worth? Trying to pinch pennies and make smart upgrades. Thanks for the reply


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Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186698
01/07/09 04:51 PM
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I would ask this guy a couple of quick Q's ....

why is he selling it? ..... and what material the sealing ring area is.

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: dOc …] #186699
01/07/09 06:20 PM
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a second hand used race part i my estimation is worth 60% of its new price, no more. 1/ its used. 2/ theres no warranty. 3/ you don't know it's history.
the biggest issue i'd have with a aluminium drum is it has to be regularly serviced. every 15-20 runs or something like that.

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: rebel] #186700
01/07/09 08:15 PM
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a second hand used race part i my estimation is worth 60% of its new price, no more. 1/ its used. 2/ theres no warranty. 3/ you don't know it's history.
the biggest issue i'd have with a aluminium drum is it has to be regularly serviced. every 15-20 runs or something like that.




I gess I forgot that part about serviceing the trany that often.I thought that band adjustment and mabe trany fuild change alittle more often.The guy said he went anouther direction and ether built anouther motor that was not a high reving and used stock drum.My car is a bracket car so after reading all the bad 727 blow ups that seemed to go back to the front drum this would be a upgrade within my budgit.If putting a alum. drum in makes me pull the trany to service that is a problem. Thanks


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Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186701
01/07/09 08:39 PM
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buy a new steel drum from TCS. thats what i did as i'm a 9.90 bracket racer & don't want to be in n out of my tranny on a regular basis. their drums are works of art.

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: rebel] #186702
01/07/09 08:49 PM
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We run and Aluminum A&A drum with no problems. Just use good trans fluid. We run Mobile 1 and the fluid looks brand new.







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