Switch to a Chain Drive?
04-16-2004, 12:39 PM
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Switch to a Chain Drive?
Purely hypothetical here.....
Many vehicles are moving away form the traditional belt drive and over to a chain, with the big advantage being durability.
The downside being a bit more noise.
My question is if you could, would you ever convert a d/b/h series to a chain drive at the expense of noise.
My thought is you would not have to worry as much about changing out timing belts.....
Many vehicles are moving away form the traditional belt drive and over to a chain, with the big advantage being durability.
The downside being a bit more noise.
My question is if you could, would you ever convert a d/b/h series to a chain drive at the expense of noise.
My thought is you would not have to worry as much about changing out timing belts.....
04-16-2004, 12:47 PM
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yeah but you'll probably only change the timing belt about 6 times in the entire lifetime of the car and its unlikely you'll even own it that long....so whats the big deal with changing the belt? its isnt even that hard and if you cant do it yourself then the labour isnt much either
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Re: Switch to a Chain Drive? (Inigo Montoya)
If chain driven applications were an option for the d/b/h series, I believe they would invent or manufacture another solution to stop the noise of the chains. Rather than just slapping on a chain and having it sound like a train coming down the street, they'd do something about the noise issue & safety wise issues as well, before selling to the public.
04-16-2004, 12:54 PM
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Re: Switch to a Chain Drive? (620714)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 620714 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If chain driven applications were an option for the d/b/h series, I believe they would invent or manufacture another solution to stop the noise of the chains. Rather than just slapping on a chain and having it sound like a train coming down the street, they'd do something about the noise issue & safety wise issues as well, before selling to the public. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I thought that this would be the case also, by lowering the noise, but the noise isnt lower in any of the other cars that are driven by chains. So why would the Honda people lower noise if no one else was even looking at the noise issue?
I thought that this would be the case also, by lowering the noise, but the noise isnt lower in any of the other cars that are driven by chains. So why would the Honda people lower noise if no one else was even looking at the noise issue?
04-16-2004, 01:04 PM
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Re: Switch to a Chain Drive? (Inigo Montoya)
A chain does its job and a belt does its job. Both can break. I dont see the point in spending a bunch of money changing from something that works to something that only works just as good yet adds a slight ammount more weight and is much more expensive. Ill stick with my belt.
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it would be a pain in the *** to try and convert a b/d/h/ series into a chain , b/c there wouls have to be a casting like the timing cover to hold the chain in with guides b/c timing chains are oil lubed and are bitch to work on , yes i used to ba damn nissan mechanic and i hated those damn sentra's some you had to remove the head to replace the timing chain
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