Performance : Timing belt, any connection?
 

Might sound dumb as a question, but is there a link to worn belts and performance?

either from stretching or what ever?


Cheers

nope not really. even on cars with timing chains there is no real benefit other than no need to replace it every 60K miles.

I did heed your advise and forked over the extra money to replace the waterpump, instead of run the chance ;)

good deal. I think you'll sleep better at night knowing it's done and not wondering "what if".

Unless of corse you manage to slip a tooth on one of the cams.. this could make a drastic change to the performance ;)

you'd have to SERIOUSLY spin that crank to make it slip...unless the tensioner is broken....It's a very strong tensioner....almost aggrevatingly strong...wait until you swap cams or replace the belt!

is there anything in there that I should think about changing, Cam.S or etc? anything worth upgrading in the internals?

and whats the cost

It can only help to replace internals, but its probably gonna wind up getting pricey, which reminds me I looked on corksport for the first time in a while and in the 99-03 protege section they have eibach valve springs...when did someone FINALLY make us valve springs? I've never seen them before now :bounce:

Eibach EVS Spring Kit, F series engine
http://www.corksport.com/main.php3?p...3Fcat%3D220746