Timing belt cover

[Cage]

I always see honda engines running with out their timing belt cover... what are the dangers and why would it be a horable idea to leave the cover off? <p>Cage

[Sonicxtacy02]

moisture, debris may enter the area causin you a big repair bill. Why do you want to remove it?

[Cage]

It's not that I want to remove it ...it's that I don't want to put it back on hehe.. I about to change the Water pump and the Timing belt. I was just curious as to why modded honda's don't have the cover on. didn't know if it was a Vtech thing ..OMG I sad a bad word :p <p>Cage

[Sonicxtacy02]

oh cmon man! Your doin all the work of a timing belt and water pump and ur too lazy to put the cover back on! No honestly, if you leave it off your only increasing the risk that you'll do damage to anything in that area.

[Cage]

no ...not to lazy to put it on I was just kidding ... it was hard (very)hard getting it off and even harder puting it back on! Mostly this post was questing why hondas don't have theirs on but we do. Is it their more flash and show and we are all about reliablity ?? Are hondas less at risk in that area ? ...All of my bearings are flashrusted on the outside surface...the housing doesn't make a real good air tight seal ...so if water or whatever got in there wouldn't it take 3 times as long to dry out? ..I was looking at my timing belt that I bought and I was looking at the timing belt that is on the ZE....The Ze belt looks like it is made better I still changed it to the one I bought...hope I made the right choice... Also I read a post from Lazzyie that said that the date the engine was made would be stamped on one of the lash adjust ?? Wasn't there! hmmm<p>Cage

[Aston Wards]

Flash and show?? why else would you buy a Honda!

[lazzyie]

timing belt tensioner had a date on it lash adjusters are in your heads, pray that you got the damn timing belt lined up right

[Cage]

Sorry,I ment the timing belt tensioner ..guess i been breathing to many fumes from the brake parts cleaner ..he said no problem he is going to shave 3 LBS (he thinks) $120
.00 (2 hours labor)..better than spending $320.00 on a aluminum flywheel. (I hope)! I really didnt want to get an 11 LB aluminum not only because of the price, but also due to the ruff idel...My wife is going to have to drive this sometimes....The van is in a coma for the time being. I would have scoped out a machine shop sooner, but the van dieing was kinda sudden.
Tomorrow:
1)The clutch and flywheel
2)new oil pan gasket.
3)Valve cover gasket.
4)Replace pully on PS with K8 ..ZE is chipped
5)bolt bellhousing to engine
6)?????<p>Question:
Knock sensor ...Not gonna replace it...Don't need to right?? I am useing a J-spec KL-36 Ecu. <p>Thanks !
Cage

[millionflame]

Aren't MX-3 flywheels only 9 lbs???<p>If so, why bother with a PGT flywheel at all, or an aluminum one???<p>~A

[Cage]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Aiden:
Aren't MX-3 flywheels only 9 lbs???<p>If so, why bother with a PGT flywheel at all, or an aluminum one???<p>~A<hr></blockquote><p>
The Mx-3 Flywheel is 18LBS The 2.5 probe flywheel is 21 lbs ....The theory is it alows for faster angular acceleration...(your car will rise in RMP's faster). This mod help's in acceleration...sometimes it hurts because you can't get traction at the wheels because of the sudden burst. Don't quote me here, but for every pound of flyweel you shave it is equal to removing 100 pounds of weight(in relation to acceleration). This only applies to the acceleration rate not the over all Hp rating ...the reason is the disk that you lightened is now moving ...it's all about inertia. What will my hp gains be ?? who knows ? maybe 1-2 Hp in low gears w/ 5-10lbs of torque...just a guess!

[pelado]

Move knock sensor connector over to timing cover side, that's where the connector is on the wiring harness. My ZE had the sensor connector on the trans side. You don't have to disconnect anything (hopefully, check the connectors) just move it.

[Mradio]

I've been to many car shows, but never seen a car with the whole timing belt cover off. The usually take off the part that covers the cam pulleys so you can adjust them (on hondas, and supras). That's the only reason. Mx3 timing belt covers are just 2 parts that cover everything, while on hondas the top part that covers the cam gears can be taken off...