[V8] Timing Belt Change...wish me luck.

[Lanier Pratt]

Ok Tony.  I just printed out your timing belt instructions.  I don't  
have the time to remove the front of the car so I'll do it within the  
small confindes left.  Is there anything special I should note before  
jumping right in?  I have only changed one timing belt and that was  
on my '95 90CSQ with the V6.  Do I really need to find top dead  
center and if so how is that accomplished?  When I changed my other  
one I simply pulled the old one off with the cams locked and put the  
new one back on exactly as the old one came off and had no issue with  
the timing.  Maybe I just lucked out.

The other issue I have is the guys from Blaufergnugen sent me the  
blue coolant and I've always run with the red pentosin.  Does this  
pose some issues?  I guess I'll have to do a full drain on the system  
as I can't imagine it's a good idea to mix the two colors.

Any help would be appreciated or if there are instructions out there  
that don't require removing the front end of the car that would be  
great too.  I would guess that the instructions less the removal of  
the front should be the same.




Lanier Pratt
'92 V8Q 4.2L
'90 V8Q 3.6L




On May 11, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Tony and Lillie wrote:

> That was my original thought. However, I'd run some bigger turbos  
> (like T4's) just for the simple fact of slow boost buildup.  
> Detonation is much less likely to occur at higher RPM. so I'd go  
> for about 4psi at 3000 and up on an otherwise stock engine.
>
> Just my $.02 though, never done it
> Tony Hoffman
>
> ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [V8] Turbo's For Sale!
>
>
>> Not for a n/a moter there not. You only want to run about 6-8psi  
>> on a  n/a
>> motor, unless you plan on opening it up to stack head gaskets
>