[Shotimes] Re: Timing Belt/Timing chain

[Donald Mallinson]

Well, I don't think I have ever seen a motor with the main 
accessory belts (crankshaft driven ones) driven on the same 
end as the transmission!

Think about it, where are they going to put the crankshaft 
pulley and belts...going through the bell housing and around 
the clutch/flywheel?  That is why I stick with the main 
accessory belts being the "front" and the tranny the "back".

It really doesn't make a lot of difference.  I just talked 
to a mechanic working on a V8 with a loose sprocket, and he 
called the bank near the firewall the front bank, the the 
bank near the radiator the BACK bank, just because Ford 
labels the bank near the firewall cyls 1,2,3,4.

IF it was me, I would call that bank the RIGHT bank and the 
other one the LEFT bank, traditional names for cyl heads as 
seen from the drivers perspective in RWD applications.

There has to be some standard and since RWD has the 
time/numbers advantage, I go with that.

Heck, call them what you want.  but trying to establish some 
standard cuts down on time when talking between people.

Don M.

James F. Ryan III wrote:
>>From: Donald Mallinson
>>
>>The part with all the belts is what I call the front.  And
>>the part attached to the tranny is the back.
>>Doesn't matter where the air comes in, that is all over the
>>place, so that can NOT be a standard anymore with more and
>>more intakes facing the BACK of the car on RWD applications.
> 
> 
> 
> So what you're saying is something is not a standard anymore when there are
> too many examples that don't follow the standard.  I'll buy that.
> 
> But on the other hand you want to stick to the standard that says trans=rear
> and belts=front even though there are PLENTY of FWD examples that don't
> follow that RWD standard.
> 
> For (more) arguments sake, what's to prevent an automaker from mounting the
> trans on the "other" side of the engine due to space and/or packaging
> constraints.  Does that now become the rear of the engine even though it is
> attached to the "front" of the crankshaft?  Or does the automaker tout their
> new innovation as a "front-mounted transmission"?
> 
> Or do we just agree with me.  :^)
> 
> 
> 
> Jim Ryan
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