Hi, the Jessel belt cam drive is known to be a quality piece. But the AMP (Australian Muscle Parts) is several hundreds cheaper. Is anyone familiar with AMP? Are they as good as Jessel? Thanks, Joel

You should ask Jay about AMP parts...

I have used both and helped with the original AMP one with its previous owner. I run Jesel stuff on all my cars FWIW

I had a conversation with the Howards Rep and Mike from AMP at PRI this year. AMP was in the Howards booth. After speaking with them, I bought the Jesel.

AMP claims that Mancini has no stock on the belt drives, nor have they even placed any orders. Howards claims they haven't sold a single Chrysler belt drive since they started selling the AMP's. The guy from Howards told me "No one runs a Chrysler." AMP couldn't tell me the benefits of their product over the Jesel. I bought the Jesel.

Alky digger is closing out the amp for about $1,000 for a raised cam belt. I think the jessel is about 1800 or 1900. But I don't want to buy a problem.

Jesel here, no problems.

I ordered an AMP belt drive from Mancini Racing about a year and a half ago for my short deck R3 motor. After several months, a lot of phone calls, not having it for me to pickup at Carlisle or Columbus, it finally arrived at my house. It was for a standard tall deck block and would not fit unless I were to cut and weld it up. After talking to a couple of people from Mancini Racing, it was obvious they couldn't/didn't understand what the deck height differences on R3 engine blocks were, so I sent it back for a refund. It did look like a very nice and well built piece, it just wouldn't fit my block.

Joel, consider if you need a belt or other parts down the road.

THanks all. based on forum feedback, and talking to a friend who attempted to use amp, I've pretty much decided to use a Jessel if I go with a belt. I'd still rather use a chain, but I don't one is available for a raised cam.

How about a good gear drive?