Cambelt Change

[swordfish210 20]

Hi, i was thinking about doing a cambelt change on my S16, just for my own piece of mind really and i was just wondering if there was anything i needed to know...special tools that might be required etc etc. Also wheres the best place to get a belt, tensioner and waterpump from. Thanks. Mark

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Did James give you any paperwork with the car? Besides a condom lol. I seem to recall it was about due a cambelt change.

[swordfish210 20]

From what i can gather it had one done at 77k and it's now on 111k, it's missing a fair bit of history though so i wasnt sure if it had one done betweent then and now...hence why i was doing it to settle my mind ut you are probably right i reckon it's due a change, luckily i finish uni this week so i should have lots of free time on my hands

[welshpug 1,621]

the haynes manual does actually cover it very well, main point to remember is to tension the front pulley then the rear one, and re-check a few times to make sure the timing is correct.

 

this has quite an effect on performance on these engines as they're quite sensitive to cam timing, I remember when Paul put my 405 on the RR down south it was only running 140 ish bhp, but a big chunk of torque, paul changed the belt a week before I bought the car, and I've had it on 2 different RR's at over 160 bhp, with healthy torque as well

[KRISKARRERA 2 1 Cars]

Yeah that was a very cold morning in November 2005, the day mine got 170bhp somehow.

[swordfish210 20]

WP; what do you use to lock the pulleys with?

[pug309twin40s 1]

WP; what do you use to lock the pulleys with?

 

 

2 bolts from the exhaust manifold to downpipe joint,, perfect fit.