ok i see that some companies are coming out with better quality timing belts now. the rai Kevlar and i found gates makes a blue racing belt. not for my engine though. i have an atw which doesn't have a t-belt driven water pump like the newer style engines do that get to use this new belt from gates. my question is has anyone ever did any kind of modifications to use a newer style belt on an older style engine. like a different cog size for the intermediate shaft or a different tensioner roller??
like i said stupid question but i'm curious. t-belt kits aren't expensive its all labor and i can bang that job out pretty fast now. as of right now i plan on doing the belt every 50k and doing the whole kit every 100k. if i can get that race belt i'll just wait to replace anything at 100k.

 

The weakest link in the TB job is the tensioner, not the belt itself. I'm sure there is a way to do what you want, but I don't think it's worth the hassle... Personally, I would just stick with the normal service interval, 60-80K. Doing the complete job every 100K is starting to play with fire, even if you change the belt every 50K.

 

^^^take this to the bank.

 

Jeremy, I probably could have quoted you saying the same thing from somewhere...

 

Dont know why you would call a "Kevlar" belt a race belt, it isn't like race cars go 100k miles before the belt is changed. Kevlar belts are just a gimmik, there is no real reason to use that type of material for a timing belt.

 

well i know the service interval varies on some of the cars. the belts just scare me because i've done customer cars at 80k and was able to pull teeth off the belt with a finger nail. probably right. just do the whole setup at 75k and don't **** with it.

 

glad we could make a believer out of you

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