I am curious to know if there is anyone out there who actually knows what the story is regarding the amount of clearance we have to play with in a us market 4.7L. I have heard that only the first two years of 928s were non-interference. I have read(on renlist) that all single cam heads are non-interference. I have a 1984 928s and I had a belt tensioner that was unhappy, and a belt that was stretchy and I ended up with about 30 degrees of slippage on my right bank cam. 928 international's catalog had a little blurb in there that said anything over 5 degrees and blammo, valve bending occurs. So my poor shark sat in the garage for five months as I pondered what to do.(I work on it myself and am not a six figure type of guy) I finally put a new tensioner,(rebuilt actually) new belt, new oil pump drive gear in. crossed my fingers and she fired up! I didn't have the tensioner tool, so I cranked it fairly tight and went to the shop I deal with when I am too lazy (Or lack the tool, as this case) (Gerber motorsports in Seattle, great guys, fair pricing, not idiots at all) Had the belt retensioned and now have put probably 2,000 mi. on it with no problems. So, are these motors non-interference? did I slip my belt in the magical zone of safety? Am I just the dumb-luckiest guy in the world? what gives? and If these are non interference motors, what is everybody's deal scaring us about valve damage? The job was not NEARLY as hard as everyone advertised, of the labor cost would lead you to believe either.
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Bernard Farquart
1984 928s