disallow wrote:
>
> hope not. Timing belt is a helluva lot easier to
> replace than a chain, cheaper too.
>
> Alot of fuss is made over the Timing belt. After
> doing it on my own on my 98 civic, I realized
> its not such a big deal. And some of the horror
> stories I have heard about chains, definitely
> make me hope that Honda doesn't cave to the
> pressure... Unless they can design one that won't
> need to be replaced.


Too late. The iVTEC 4-bangers have timing chains. If they put iVTEC on
the V6, they'll probably use a chain as well.

>
> t

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