Has anyone ever personally had their **** get fu**ed up by running with thei valve cover cut for access to their cam gears

 

bump, im curious too...

i ran my sohc's like that for years, no top cover and never had an issue, but i need to know what you all think about that for the dohc....

i guess i could borrow a racers covers to tune with and then put mine back on, but still...

 

It shouldn't be a problem, if cut correctly. Obviously the timing belt and gears are subject to more debris, but as long as you aren't rallying or constantly driving down dirt roads, it shouldn't be a problem.

I ran my Integra without the middle TB cover for over 2 years (Forgot to put the backing after I put on the new belt, was too lazy to redo everything just for that cover...)
Also had a friend with nothing at all protecting his timing belt on a 400+ HP boosted Integra, never any problems.

 

my friend had his timing belt shredded because somehow a bolt or someshit got caught in it while he was driving.. haa i think its mostly for people tryin to stunt, purely just show

 

my friend had the same thing happen. bolt got droped down in their and shredded the belt.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 8urv8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my friend had the same thing happen. bolt got droped down in their and shredded the belt. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Was the entire top cover cut out...or was he running a vc with the moon cuts?

 

One of my customers cut the cover on his Ford Escort Zetec engine and a small rock went into destroy his plastic timing idler pulley.

I'm guessing the rock flew in through his useless hood scoop, but when I told him this, he said he couldn't block the scoop because his car was slow without ram air. No joke, this guy is an idiot.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by slomofo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">One of my customers cut the cover on his Ford Escort Zetec engine and a small rock went into destroy his plastic timing idler pulley.

I'm guessing the rock flew in through his useless hood scoop, but when I told him this, he said he couldn't block the scoop because his car was slow without ram air. No joke, this guy is an idiot.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You gotta love it. I decided that i will just use the cut valve cover for tuning and not driving. In the mean time i have been drawing up and figuring out some plans to make removable "plugs" for the holes. I have a few ideas that should work so we will see.

 

I personally love cut valve covers, moon cuts, etc. Then I do not have to give a warranty on engines I build, as I advise against them. Kinda like running no air filter, no warranty.

 

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I bet, not having to warranty something would be nice...and because of that reason i am choosing to run un-cut after i get tuned...until i get the pugs figured out. Even then im not 100%

 

i run my budget typeR/gsr with the whole side cover cut off, never had a problem and been running it that way since '99. i've cut all my buddies valve covers for them and they havent a problem either

 

i also have two REAL mugen formula valve covers for sale, one is 2months old with cut outs looks mint. the other one is brand new in the package. there are two guys in my area that want them, if they dont buy them buy monday make me an offer if anyone is interested.

 

its never happened to me in over 5 years

 

Cover it with aluminum duct tape after adjusting.

 

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