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Re: Is a "B" Really Worth It?

To: JustBrits@aol.com
Subject: Re: Is a "B" Really Worth It?
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 23:00:45 -0400
JustBrits@aol.com wrote:
> YEP, 65,000 miles on my '63 Austin-Healey 3000 Mark II BJ-7 - NA-DA!!

  Six years with just consumables? (oil, wiper blades, battery) How
many people can really say that.

>    Have you changed the timing belt??  Yes? = how much was it, how long
> in the shop, how good is the warrenty??

  This line pretty much proves my point. 

  Every day we talk about pulling our LBC engines apart, rewelding
entire body shells, and so on.

  Yet your statement implies that "timing belts on new cars must
be changed in shops because they are so complex".

  Pffft. Boost the engine, remove one engine mount. Remove covers,
change belt. No more complex than a myriad of jobs that get
discussed here every day.

> How much does it cost (US$ Please) for new pistons and valve train
> [assuming nothing else go to sh*t] cost.??

  The engine on my Celica is not interference. If the belt breaks,
you just replace it and drive away. The timing belt isn't even
on the maintenance list except in the "severe service" section
at some absurd number like 100,000 miles.

  I have an LBC engine in my garage that had to be scrapped for
a timing chain failure.

  Which design is "catastrophic"?

  The misconceptions about new cars that get thrown around
are just embarrassing.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
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