Timing belt ?

Grant Lenahan glenahan at vfemail.net
Fri Aug 18 18:02:15 EDT 2006


I dont believe so. I believe it is gear driven off the crankshaft. It 
goes into the block, nto the head.

Grant
On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Huw Powell wrote:

>
>> I bit of theory here . .is the distributor driven off the camshaft 
>> also? If
>> yes, how are you getting spark to any cylinder?
>
> Yes it is, although with the 5kt cars, once they start, spark is timed
> by crank position.
>
> I myself was trying to figure out a way pehaps one cylinder could keep
> kicking along... but it just won't work without valves.
>
> OK, *maybe*, one cylinder is about at TDC, that one would get a spark
> each time around, and both valves are closed.  I could see *maybe* an
> intake charge being drawn in, valve sucked open by cylinder vacuum.
> Then compression, and spark (per flywheel position), and power - but
> where do the exhaust gases go?
>
> And of course, the subject car was a 4kq, which gets its spark fire
> signal from the hall sender on the dizzy...
>
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