At 12:54 PM +0000 9/23/04, alfa-digest wrote:
That said, I'd much prefer to see a chain-driven cam vs. belt, all things being equal. I suspect folks like BMW have got chain-driven cams figured out real well, which is why they never bothered with those silly belt-driven things that were once all the rage, but gradually faded away like the dinosaur. Sorry, I guess I must have hoped in the Delorean there for a moment... :)
BMW's small six from that era certainly uses a timing belt. -Joe -- to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided