pro's & con"s exposed camgears

[abbie]

im not sure if anyone has done or tried this b4 but i have seen many engine pics where the upper timing belt cover has been modified even taken off all together

apart from looks and the ability to see what condition ur belt is in
what are the pro's &con's

so far

good
looks
able to see belt condition
able to spot leaks from cam seals
air flow in the belt area helping to cool
if u hav adj cam gears u wont need to remove cover to access
possibly helping with correcting the timing

bad
shit might go into the belt area and do some damage
its kinda more exposed to weather conditions so the belt will wear quicker

thats bout all i got
anyone got more info
cheers in advance

[cypress_blaze]

mainly the only bad I could think of is the attention from the cops.

you can get yours cut in half or 75/25 and make the top part either a mould of lexan or plexiglass, or some other clear plastic type stuff that you could mould to shape.

then just fab up some mounting/fastening holes, and test it out!

here's a link for more of what I mean:

http://www.nengun.com/trust-greddy/clear-cam-cover

for a rb motor, but the idea is the same:
http://www.modyourcar.com.au/product...oducts_id=4778

[KaiShin]

Most people do it for cooling on higher power engines...
Having a timing cover can cause unwanted heat.

But in all seriousness its not that big of a difference. Different reports say different things, but i haven't read any major difference.

But as CB mentioned, it's not hard to get one of those clear covers made, so you still get the good looks!

[happyhazza]

If you remove the timing cover completely how you going to mount the CAS?

[Mazikowski]

happyhazza has a great point... and wouldnt an RB cam cover work for the CA? aren't they the same, just 2 extra cylinders on the RB?

[unit6]

yeah true, how wud u mount the cas?

[chkn72]

i've love to know aswell hazza...

the disadvantage of clear covers on street cars is how dirty that can (and will) get!

I'd love to show off my adjustable cam gears!

[happyhazza]

The clear RB Covers made by trust don'tfit already tried that.
I am in the process of cutting away a section of my cover which still enables easy adjustment of the gears and enables the CAS to still be mounted

Will post pics when done.

[unit6]

yeah id love to c that, mite give me some ideas.

[KaiShin]

You can get a CAS mounting plates for them...

Ill find the pics of the CA's that have them done when i get home... all sites are banned here at work...

>.<

[cypress_blaze]

use your imagination.

and chkn, clean the clear thing, dont let it sit there and get dirty lol.

[happyhazza]

use your imagination.

and chkn, clean the clear thing, dont let it sit there and get dirty lol.

When it comes to mounting my CAS I would like something a little more structurely sound than my imagination.


Clean it ............................. You wont have to, the clear covers for the RB dont fit the CA.

[Clown]

good
looks
able to see belt condition
able to spot leaks from cam seals
air flow in the belt area helping to cool
if u hav adj cam gears u wont need to remove cover to access
possibly helping with correcting the timing

Bullshit.
Its rice an you know it. Stop pretending its more than it is.
The only real question is, do you personally think its worth the defect?

(It is a defect in QLD. My mate got done for it in his Cordia, which doesn't have a camgear cover so the bonnet can close )

[abbie]

wat u said hazza is what i thought
i have seen many cas brackets allowing u to completly remove timing cover
they were on rb series,i think they dont make them for ca18 but who knows??
that is why i wanted to carve up a spare cover i have and try and come up with something decent
ill post some pics when finished and hazza let us see ur results too please

[abbie]

just read clowns post
i will still make just not put on till i leave the state lol

[happyhazza]

Think you will find it a defect everywhere.

[abbie]

dammm
is there any defect against cold air induction

[reeceknot]

probably if they were pissed off

[Clown]

dammm
is there any defect against cold air induction

No.

And on the same subject, in QLD, exposed pod filters are legal as long as they have a metal strap from the body work to the pod (on the afm adaptor).

Doesn't mean you wont get done for it though.

[cypress_blaze]

When it comes to mounting my CAS I would like something a little more structurely sound than my imagination.


Clean it ............................. You wont have to, the clear covers for the RB dont fit the CA.

obviously.

use the concept from the rb one to model a ca one.