Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:38:18 GMT From: brandon1nopsamultant.com (Brandon) Subject: Re: Help - motor crashed on 94 V6
Grunff <grunffnopsam.com> wrote: >However, it is a simple fact that the vast majority of current >production cars (at least European and Japanese - I'm not familiar with >US cars) use belts, not chains. This is for economic reasons, nothing else. Well...mostly. I won't argue that point. However, belts are quieter, smoother, and reduce recieprocating weight, which means 'quicker' accelleration of the engine. And don't require lubrication. BUT, they do wear out quicker. It's a trade-off. Replace them as a matter of normal maintaince, and they do their job just fine. Some race cars actually use gears in place of a chain or belt. Nothing to break or wear out there. However, they are VERY noisy and have a lot of vibration to go with them. They virtually never break, but I don't think they are very 'street' friendly. :^)
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