DaveF

Just the other day we recieved the new B series and H series timing belt "tensioners" from Vibrant performance. We got the tensioner for our civic hotrod car, to help guide and reduce the slopiness often seen on the exhuast side of the timing belt. This should also help produce more accurate timing as well. In the past we ran stock b18c cams in the car with off the shelf Ferrea valvetrain. We have now upgraded to a new roller cam valvetrain, slightly stiffer valvesprings, along with a few other tricks and feel this is neccessary to atain accurate & stable timing events.

Here are a few pictures of the tensioners/guides out of the box, and installed on our race engines. we will be putting these through the paces in the upcoming weeks. The Tensioner/guide is easily adjusted height wise with the adjustment holes seen on the side of the bracket, and the wheel/guide is easily adjusted with the allen head set screw located on the frontside of the device, it is then "locked" into position with the allenhead bolt, holding the wheel on. i recomend taking the set screw out after final adjustents are made, as you do not want to lose the set screw from vibration, or you can get a nut, to use as a jam nut to lock the set screw into place.

We bought our Guides/Tensioners from John @ ETD racing (great guy BTW) you can visit their site for more information on the tensioner <FONT COLOR="red">ETDracing.com</FONT>
ETD also did a full tech article, which explains how to set the guide up properly, it can be seen here

out of the box




the H series and the B series together






In these pictures, the tensioner/guide is adjusted, it can be positioned in any of the holes along the side.





And now the B series guide/tensioner


this is the side of the b series tensioner, it can also be adjusted in height along the belt shall the end user choose to do so.


here is a "frontal" shot of the setup. it uses the 2 lower power steering mounting locations


the tensioner/guide installed on a B series race engine. In the pics the tensioner/guide is not adjusted properly, pay no mind to the adjustments.




side view of the installed guide/tensioner



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here are some pics of the tensioner/guide installed on our hotrod civic coupe.


this is Top view, looking down, we did a slight mod to the bracket in order for it to fit with the Z10 "race" alternator kit





a "side" view, we do not put tension on the belt with this.









the boss stepped in to see what all this "fuss" was about


here is an overall shot of the car.


both of our cars will be sporting the Vibrant performance tensioners this season, as well as the upcoming seasons

in our opinion, this is a product that the market has needed for a long time we are glad to have such a product available.





Modified by dturbocivic at 9:23 PM 3/12/2007

accordking

always liked the way this car was built. Good job!!!!

Boosted_Coupe

Cool write up

Are you using just wood as jack stands in the rear??

DaveF

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SiR_JDM95 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Cool write up

Are you using just wood as jack stands in the rear?? </TD></TR></TABLE>

haha, gotta make do

GrinderGuy2

ill trade you a set of real jack stands for the cat..

boostedh22a

So you cant run the timing cover with that setup??

SPOOLINmatt

sure has a blingy price

Dragline

I got one for my H22, did yours come with any directions?

DaveF

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by boostedh22a &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">So you cant run the timing cover with that setup?? </TD></TR></TABLE>

it may fit with modifications, we havent tried it, since we dont run them on our cars.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dragline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got one for my H22, did yours come with any directions?</TD></TR></TABLE>

we did not recieve directions, but i did post a link up top on how to set it up/install it.

Dragline

Ya...I figured it out, but I was just wondering if i was the only one that didn't get anything directions.

Enzo-Racing

Car is looking good...

1 2 NV

as this has been discussed in the past, i think its a good product but i dont see any use for it.

DaveF

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dragline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ya...I figured it out, but I was just wondering if i was the only one that didn't get anything directions.</TD></TR></TABLE>

haha, yea, we did not recieve directions either. after i wrote up my whole "install thing" i looked on ETD's site, and seen they have a pretty detailed writeup on it. haha oh well. at least i know where to look for information in the future!

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Enzo-Racing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Car is looking good... </TD></TR></TABLE>

thank you sir !

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1 2 NV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">as this has been discussed in the past, i think its a good product but i dont see any use for it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

your just bitter!! we have our reasons for wanting to use this tensioner, as seen in my 1st post

speedworks

nice *****

1 2 NV

you got me, busted.

off topic, how far away from your car firing dave? i always look forward to the next update.

Turbocivic94

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GrinderGuy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ill trade you a set of real jack stands for the cat.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

why are u always trying to get somebody's *****

DaveF

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1 2 NV &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you got me, busted.

off topic, how far away from your car firing dave? i always look forward to the next update. </TD></TR></TABLE>

took the car over to JM-Fab last week. whould have it back in a month. lol. then i will be working on the wiring,...then vroooommm vroooomm !!

ciscoscivic

i used one all last season

tepid1

Dave, has there been any comments on how long the bearing in the wheel is suppose to last for? Is it replacable? This is my only concern. I have been looking to use this for a little while now.

john@etdracing

It uses the same bearing that Meziere uses in their waterpump block off. It's rated for 29,000rpm and is an OEM grade bearing so it should last the same time as the waterpump block off's do which as far as we know, we have never heard of one failing.

tepid1

Thanks for the response John. I think I'm sold now.

93supercoupe

sweet car mang, nice write up!!

Migrana

STREETWERKZ

i love to see new products!!!

ATS*Mark

is this product to keep more accurate timing or more to prevent the timing belt from slipping?