ryanbooth
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can changing the timeing belt increase performance and/or economy its like well over due 3 years over due and 1000 miles overdue.
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if your idea of increasing performance is not blowing your engine up the yes 
it needs to be done if its 3 years overdue
it needs to be done if its 3 years overdue
sod performance just change it before it brakes and the pistons smack in to the valves bending them and braking the piston head
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i am today but will it help the car at all
i doubt it but it will save you having to get a engine rebuild done lol just make sure you get the timeing right
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if you want a tiny bit of performance check all your valve clearences and ajust to optimal clearences
pretty sure its a non-interferance engine andy...
3yrs an 1000miles over due!!!
get it done!!!!!!!!
wont help performance/economy at all but when it snaps youll have to do it anyway and you could be out at night when its raining and cold... no fun
if it snaps the valves wont move at right speed but the momentum of the pistons going round will carry on so if the valves dont move the piston might hit the valve dunno what the clearance is like on a sei but if a valve is all the way down chances are its going to whack it depending on the clearance like i say no idea what it is but better safe then sorry i guess
ill say it slower... mr booth will be safe from any kind of head damage (unless its been skimmed passed the max marks)
1108 engines are non-interferance! (this means that if the cambelt snaps there will be no damaged caused to valvetrain or pistons) if your still in doubt... google it
1108 engines are non-interferance! (this means that if the cambelt snaps there will be no damaged caused to valvetrain or pistons) if your still in doubt... google it
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yup the valves dont stick out far enough and the pistons dont move up enough to be anywhere near each other....
:yeahthat: even at full lift the valve will never hit the piston the piston
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the only tihng you need to worry about with the belt is if it snaps you may be far far away from home and cost a bomb to get recovered... if you have the cash and you have a afternoon swap it over
that just proves seis r epic then hooray for the Italians HOORAY
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a absoloupt shed load of cars have safe/none interference engines even 16v mazda mx5's for instance.
i dont think ive ever worked on a car that has but then again ive only really worked on rubbish old ones that probable have been skimmed alot a 2001 corsa c came in once smashed his rubbish 3 cylinder ecotec engine cost him 1500 for a refurbished engine he had to run his nova for agis bought it in for a servis it wasent very pretty to look at im guessing he liked coursas he wanted his b on the road but he need all new brakes and dident wanna get them done so he stuck to his nova
corsas are chain driven and are a complete nightmare to change the chain on a good day he probably saved himself some money gettin a new engine TBH apparently vauxhall quote between £300-£800 pounds to do the chain
yeah they have a stupid chain guide to made of plastic who ever fort of that idea is a fool
my friend (who just joined the forum) bought a ford explorer for £1200 it had 38,000 miles on the clock and the chain guides went a week after he bought it from the garage and they didnt want anything to do
ford explores are epic looking machines changing a chain guide can b fairly easy depending were they are on the corsa it was between the cams guessing it will b there on the ford to just take it out put a new one in if not take it to a better garage some garages just take the **** rip of people and dont do there job right thats why its a good trade to lean or learn on the side the simplest fixed can cost a bomb in some garages
still a pretty involved job on the corsa theres a lot to do just to get to the damm thing and thats why they dont like it but anyways :Offtopic: this is the the forum for talk on all things FIAT after all :slayer:
