Re: [alfa] re: Alfa's direction

[Bernie & Diana Bennett <bennetts77833@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So can we in NA get Alfa to do a swap or retro-fit for our bad 
perception?  Can we drop-in the new design engines to our std or auto 
164's and Milanos?

Bernie

KStevenson wrote:


> > I'm still dismayed by the 3 liter tensioner. It's real simple, if Alfa
> > went back to 6 cylinders with timing chains, you will see more
> > Alfas here!
> >    
> Alfa Romeo redesigned the V6 timing belt path in 1998. The new belt
> change interval is 120k Km. Even the 12V V6 2.0 turbo had the timing
> belt path redesigned. By running the oil pump directly from the
> crankshaft, the old oil pump/distributor cog was done away with. The new
> timing belt path is symmetric and not subject to slip on the right head.
> The USA perception of AR t-belts does not reflect current reality. 
> Ken Stevenson
> Dallas, Texas
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