just wondering wat timing belt i should use in a y8 head and a6 block ?

 

i alway's buy the belt to match the block, but pretty sure ethier would work just fine

 

when i did an a6/y8 i was told to use a y8 belt and it ended up being a tad loose for some reason. i then later read that the d15b7 belt was the correct one but i never tried it out.

 

alright, well i will try my a6, b7 and a y8 timing belt lol i guess

 

this is worng infomation, but when i did this i used a6 belt kinda loose but never a problem, the a6 it has a 107 teeth the z6 y8 belt has 104 teeth, a6 belt will be a bit loose and better off using the vtec belt form a z6/y8

 

alright i will just do some testing then, cause i know on b series you use the timing belt that matches the water pump.

 

thanks to d-series.org

B2/B7/A6 tensioner OD is approx 56mm
Z1/Z6/Y7/Y8 tensioner OD is approx 52.5mm

Z1/Z6 water pump is 19 teeth approx 55mm OD
B2/A6 water pump is 19 teeth approx 54mm OD
Y7/Y8 water pump is 19 teeth approx 56mm OD

 

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I forgot to say in my PM

with an a6 bvlock, using a Y8 tensioner and head, you use y8 belt

d15b7/d16a6 tensioners are larger like stated above, and will effect belt choice

 

count the teeth

 

Any new udates on this? Not trying to thread jack but I'll be running a Y7 head on a A6 block. I just got a new A6 tensioner for it to but it looks like I need a Y8/7 tensioner. Or does anyone know which belt to use with the A6 tensioner? Please let me know what you figure out.