[V8] running the numbers

[cobram at juno.com]

Bastian Homburg <b.homburg at web.de> writes:

>  - timing belt service: $2,000 every 75,000 miles -> 2.6 Cents/mile 
> for  that alone. Comparable cars have chains that don´t need to be 
> replaced  at all.

ALL timing chains eventually need service and replacement, some as often
as every 100K miles.  On cars comparable to the V8Q it is NOT a cheap
undertaking, and many engines with chains have tensioners which use oil
pressure and are prone to failure.  How about the newer Audi's with
chains, you have to pull the engine to service any of it's components,
the setup looks exactly like a Rube Goldberg contraption.  Here is a
picture that I think Brett posted from a tech day they had at the dealer:

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z9/HondaLine/Parts/CRW_5328.jpg

doesn't that make you want to run out and buy one...makes me want to run
in the opposite direction.

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