Re: Time for Timing Belts

[Ken <kkeith@qnet.com>]

Wolff <wolff_b@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> 
> DO NOT RUN YOUR TIMING BELT 100,000 MILES.
> 
> Lister consensus (basically the same thing as the law when applied to
> Audis) is that you change your belt at 60,000 miles (or less) and at max
> time interval of 5 years. Be aware that a lister lost a V-8 belt at 57k
> miles and there is another infamous event of a very expensive Audi
> losing it's belt at 24 miles due to age (10 years I think).

I agree.

I met a dude up in NorCal (the guy that welded Mr. Hale's tips on and
fabbed 
up his core support), that put a 20 valve N/A motor in his 4kcsq.  He
didn't 
replace the timing belt, because the motor "only" had (actually, I
forget) 
like 35k on it or something.  I believe the belt broke after only a few
miles, 
if not at startup!

Someone else may know who/what I'm talking about.  I believe he's in the 
QCofA.  He's got the custom-fabbed metal ur-q fenders on his multi-color 
4kcsTq with Ronal 18"'s.

Later,

Ken