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Subject:Re: Timing belt - Subie engines
From:Rob
Date:Wed, 13 Jun 2007 22:45:22 -0700

At  6/13/2007 09:10 PM, brady horrace wrote:
>Hey Subi gurus
>I just wanted to chime in here on the timing belt thread.  I thought
>you guys in the Subi world said that theSubi timing belt could be
>done in an hour.  I remember reading that in a post not to long
>ago.   I know that the Zetec can be done in an hour, but I was
>surprised when folks said the Subi could be done in an hour!

Whoa! Negative vibes.... I've never seen anyone say you could change
a timing belt in an hour, any timing belt, until you and now.
Did you really change your Zetec timing belt in an hour? Why did you
have to change it? I'm curious
I put a Subie in my VW for around $2k including the new radiator, if
I'd had $8k sitting around I'd have given the Zetec a try but $8k is
a LOT of money.

Nothing wrong with you liking the Zetec, nothing wrong with someone
liking any engine for their VW, but do we really need the negative vibes?
There is enough room on this list for all the engine ideas with out
bad mouthing someone else.
<shrug>
Just my opinion.

Rob
becida@comcast.net

With a '91 Subaru 2.2 in an '87 Vanagon in western Washington.