[Shotimes] Re: Timing Belt/Timing chain

[Midwest SHO Specialists]

So if the side with the accessory belt is the front, where is the 3.4's
front? :>)

*cheap attempt at humor*

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
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Arlington Heights, IL 60004
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes-admin@autox.team.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Timing Belt/Timing chain


> 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
> > Wayne, NJ
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