In article <S1lib.13985$xD3.7869@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com >, "Bob"
<rjortiz@hotmail.com> wrote:

>I have a 1988 Honda Prelude SI that broke a timing belt. I know other cars
>the have such a incidents can do major damage and then some have designed
>in where valve don't hit the pistons. I am hoping for condition 2. What are
>my chances?

You have "condition 1", but sometimes you still can get lucky.
If the engine happened to be idling when the belt broke, you may have
gotten lucky.
If the engine made a sudden stop when it broke, probably not.