Actually, at one time a couple of years ago, I sourced all the major
parts necessary to convert to a toothed belt drive (belt, 'gears',
etc.).....lots of precise machining of the bores on the gears required,
and as you say, you'd have to re-think the front of the engine, like how
to keep all that oil inside!
But it would be precise, quiet, and cheap as dirt to change belts
whenever you felt like it.
Pete Long
Toby B wrote:
> OK, I KNOW this is me having too much time to think and not enough time
> to wrench, BUT:
> Has anyone thought about coming up with a different set of cam drive
> gears for the 2L? Those tiny little sprockets take a bunch of force,
> and as they wear, let the cam slop around as Gordon was saying.
> So the little (very little) design engineer in me says- why not go to
> bigger gears and a longer chain? It would wear less, keep the cam timed
> tighter, and probably not cost too much more than OEM parts are running
> these days.
> Of course, one would have to redesign the whole front of the engine,
> but that would be half the fun... I guess
> I always wanted to play engineer,
> Toby
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