Re: What hapens when you drop a belt on a 16v?

["Braden Sayer" <sayerbj@hotmail.com>]

8V are not interpherence engines no matter what speed or rpm.(unless it is 
modded somehow)  And 90 mph is more like 4000 in my car!

Brad

>From: "Foxx (in a box)" <foxxinabox@core.com>
>To: Eric L Ellis <elf16v@juno.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: What hapens when you drop a belt on a 16v?
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:44:42 -0400
>
> > NOT TRUE! I have broken a belt on a 1.8 and had no bent valves. It's a
> > depends on the RPS's the car was running at the time the belt broke.
>
>   i have to agree here. i was doing about 90 in my 8v (3500 rpm?) when
>my timing belt jumped. i realize that it might no be the same thing, but
>i though some damage would've happened to my car.
>
> > Chances increase if the belt breaks on a 2.0. The good news is that the
> > intake valves are the ones that normally take the damage. They are the
> > cheaper ones to replace.
>
>   the exhaust valves run $19.75 from rocky mountain motorworks. there is
>no listing for the intakes, though the 8v's are only $9.95 each.
>
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