> All the Jap manufacturers went to belts for a while. There were certain
> exceptions; my '90 240SX had a chain, and then they used a brittle plastic
> for the chain guides and you had to go in and change the chain and the
> guides anyway! My '85 Celica had a similar problem, though it didn't hit
> my engine until ~250,000 miles.
dayum! I'm surprised you made it that far with the single-row chain on the celly.. That red celica I showed you has about 150,000 on it.. the chain sawed through the timing cover, let water into the crankcase, *and* the slackness bent a valve.. LOL
I bent a valve on my '83 driving it before i realised it had a broken chain guide and a slack chain... that one had 212,000 on it at the time. The center cam bearing cap was also broken..