Remove timing cover for good ???

[Mitsu725]

Pros and cons about removing your timing cover and driving like that , the car isnt a daily driver so i dont think it would be to bad but just wondering???

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

No pro's.

Cons-something gets in there jacks up the T-belt, blows engine.

 

[qwall]

unless you're going for show look and have some nice cam gears to show off, there's no pro's. Well, there is. According to some ricers, removing t-belt cover means less weight and the head breaths easier cuz more air gets to the cams.:laugh: :laugh:

 

[Defiant]

Originally posted by qwall
the head breaths easier cuz more air gets to the cams.:laugh: :laugh:

Only if you have the pre-vented camshaft cover. But you must convert to dry lubrication first, so it doesn't leak all over the firewall. And this necessitates the butyl-pneumatic inserts in the lifters to make up for the air's higher compressability compared to the old oil. It goes on and on.

 

[clownface]

I dont have mine on, i guess someone took it off back down the line of owners, if it means anything to you im going to a junk yard to get one cause i dont want anything getting in there, although its been off for like half a year and nothings happened, but why chance it.

 

[leet]

Originally posted by Defiant
Only if you have the pre-vented camshaft cover. But you must convert to dry lubrication first, so it doesn't leak all over the firewall. And this necessitates the butyl-pneumatic inserts in the lifters to make up for the air's higher compressability compared to the old oil. It goes on and on.

:laugh:

I am a hypocrite when I say this, but It's REALLY not a good idea to take it off.:laugh:

 

[ivanr4g63]

Yeah, I too dont have mine on... I havent had a problem with nothing in the last year (knock on wood) and I put a good 10,000+ miles driving like this, the reason I took mine of its because it broke somehow and jammed the T-belt and you know the rest (this happened to the previous owner though), but I need to get a new one and set it back in there, although I like the idea if my Camgears Shining when I open the hood...

Bottom line, Its better to have it ON at all times, but its totally up to you...!

 

[lostsurfer4536]

word of advice..dont make any enimies while its off. makes it very easy for them to f**k with your car. as i have learned

 

[onepimpclipse]

I had AEM cam gears put on my car. The adjustment bolts were hitting the cover. So I took it off about a year ago and have been fine since.

 

[1993eclipseGS]

Mine didnt come with an upper or lower timing belt cover I still havent got around to finding one either, i've driven it in the rain, snow.. dirt , etc.. so far nothing has got in there, but i've heard many stories as too what can happen if anything does

Rob.