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727 Alum. drum #186695 01/07/09 02:56 PM 01/07/09 02:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York slippery440 OP Crybaby440
slippery440 OP Crybaby440 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York	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 If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186696 01/07/09 03:40 PM 01/07/09 03:40 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,095 A Banana Republic near you. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,095 A Banana Republic near you.	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 01/07/09 04:23 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York slippery440 OP Crybaby440
slippery440 OP Crybaby440 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York	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 If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186698 01/07/09 04:51 PM 01/07/09 04:51 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,490 Florida STAYcation dOc … The village idiot's idiot
dOc … The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,490 Florida STAYcation	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 01/07/09 06:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa	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 01/07/09 08:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York slippery440 OP Crybaby440
slippery440 OP Crybaby440 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,142 Central New York	Quote: 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 If the MODS did their job I would not be hitting the notify MOD button. LOL

Re: 727 Alum. drum [Re: slippery440] #186701 01/07/09 08:39 PM 01/07/09 08:39 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa rebel master
rebel master Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4,647 aotearoa	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 01/07/09 08:49 PM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 764 NW Pa. KD800X super stock
KD800X super stock Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 764 NW Pa.	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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