Re: 4kq Timing belt/clearance

[Ken <kkeith@qnet.com>]

James Marriott <marriott@micron.net>
>
> I'm thinking the _US_-spec 4kq (2.2 l, 8.5:1) is NI. 
> I hope so, as I'm not afraid of the limiter (just
> ask Tom ;-). The belt only has 25k on it, but the 
> engine has 161k.

And Martin Pajak wrote:
>
>       Yea, and I dont' tend to shy away from using all 
> my RPM's either. Exhaust sounds great up above 4k too. 
> Above 5k for that matter.  Car is redlined at 6,500.  
> Why does my Rev-limiter cut in at 6,200 RPM?  Do you
> know?

Well it's nice to know I'm not the only one who wrings 
his 5-banger's neck.  When I'm driving spiritedly, I 
tend to postpone shifting for quite a while.

Makes quite the sound, with only a single Borla to do 
the quieting.

I'm thinking about putting an additional Borla in the 
system to quiet it down.  Or, more likely, a Eurorace 
resonator.

Why are the NA 5 cylinders so loud?  My friend had a 
two chamber flowmaster _only_, not a single thing else, 
no cat, on his Coupe GT.  It was right on the end, with 
a fat tip coming right out of it (it was an '84, so it 
could come straight out).  Now, that car was loud!

Then there's the guy who bought my '85 C-GT, and got to 
enjoy the sound of a dynaflow or something for about a 
day before he wrecked it.  Even in that short a period 
of time, he thought it was too loud.

Later!

Ken