Timing belt ?

[Pat Martin]

I have had it happen to me on the track and you could hear the valve getting
smacked.  The piston really lost the battle however and ended up looking
like someone put it through a shredder. Not that the valve was any great
shakes.

Remember that once the valve is broken off there is a pretty free space for
the sound to travel into the valve cover and exhaust.  If the intake valve
broke you would be able to hear it from the intake. 



>>>Actually, I doubt you'd hear it. The valves are pretty small, and the  
>>>combustion chamber is surrounded by lots of metal.
>>


Pat Martin
95 S6 Avant, IA Stage III, 18x8 RS knockoffs. 255/30/18 PZero Nero's, Back
in the stable again.

86 4kcsq turbo, 3" "cat" back, Coil overs/konis holding it up, MC and loving
it.  Custom ECU with data logging tuning it, Drilled and stopping it.
Borbet's with Kuhmo V710's  turning it,  K&N and uh....

98 A6q Avant.

97 Ford F350 Crew cab, 4x4, GGGGGAAAAAASSSSS.  Never met a station it didn't
like.