Originally Posted by Joe Perez

While you're in there, try to get the VR crankshaft sensor from a '96-'97 car, along with the little timing wheel that goes behind the crank pulley, and of course, the '96+ style pulley itself. Since you're probably not going to be running the stock ECU, this will give you a much more stable trigger source than the belt-driven CAS.

Originally Posted by Joe Perez

Oh, not at all. I expect that the '01-'05 gears are identical in materials and tooling to the earlier gears, and thus no better or worse. I just meant that since billet gears are available currently for the '90-'00 cars, that for those building hi-revving engines the potential for breakage is only a concern if you have a VVT car for which said gears are not presently available. (My understanding is that they are forthcoming.)