anybody with a sohc have a pic of how you cut out the upper timing belt cover so the belt is still covered, but you can still access the cam gear for adjustment?

 

stupid idea! then when something wacks the belt on the highway youll be real thankful u can adjust your gears ;x

 

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i think he wants it so stuff doesnt hit the timing belt but he can still adjust the gears...

 

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I said "cut out so the belt is covered"

 

bump

 

has anybody done this?

 

I have no timming belt cover at all. Chances are better you would get in a wreck and crack your block first.

 

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Word up...just take off the upper section

 

yea thats how i'm running now...i'd just like to be on the safe side though.

 

they should make a timing belt cover that u can flip open like a door whenever u need to adjust your cam gear. haha.

 

can't you just use a jig saw and cut a hole in the cover? seeing as how it is made of plastic.

 

dremel tool works wonders

 

pics?

 

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Why not just reinstall the cover after the car has been tuned?

 

I've just left mine off, never had any problems except when I dropped the keyway for the cam gear into the bottom timing cover when replacing the headgasket.

 

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stupid mistakes can still happen one of my friends dropped a tennis ball in the engine bay of my other friends b18 integ. it got caught in the belt and phucked the motor.... I will never go w/o all the covers again......

 

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stupid mistakes can still happen one of my friends dropped a tennis ball in the engine bay of my other friends b18 integ. it got caught in the belt and phucked the motor.... I will never go w/o all the covers again......</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why the **** was your friend putting tennis ***** in the engine bay? Was he shooting a watergun into the intake manifold too?

 

he didn't put it in there, it got dropped on accident. And by the way, he is no longer in our "circle of friends" anymore.

 

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Same idea but just with a d-series.

 

thats the pic i was looking for

 

nice! Thats what I wanted. Thanx man

 

i run no cover at all ... top or bottom and its been fine so far

 

for those with no upper cover, does your belt 'slap' the lower cover or make odd noise. I put the cover in place and the sound was reduced but I wanted to be sure. Better safe than sorry.

 

so does anybody have any pics of this done on a sohc just so i can make sure I'll be doing it correctly?

 

bump for some info, i would like to know the same as well...