Re: Ouch

[SOP8920@Siena.edu]

Chris says:
> I just heard from a friend of mine who elected, against my advice, to
> drive his 5kcst w/ 150k miles on probably the original timing belt from NY
> to Georgia.  I bet you can guess where this story is going...  He said the
> belt broke when he was doing about 75 mph...and he was stranded on the
> side of the road for about 6 hours...
> 
> Anyway, are turbo engines contact or non-contact?  I told him that I
> didn't know for sure but that they _might_ be non-contact due to a lower
> compression ratio vs. that of a NA engine.  Something tells me that he
> fried the engine, however...

So.. Chris, since he fried his engine.. do you think I can have his throttle
switch?
                               -Osman Parvez
                                89 200q
                                Siena College
                                Albany NY