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Nice combo! In my book, it''s alway OK to hijack a thread with Alfa related stuff! I hope to have the time and cash to do the 348 mods while...
I finished that multi year project last year. Bought it site unseen years ago and it was a mess. I did all the mechanical and metal work but...
I'll look for the capristo. I thought about lumbar cushion. I'm actually in NEOhio and drive to Western NY. I'll look uo the reading concours
I've had my 348 for a year now and am considering some slight modifications. It had 18K miles when I bought it and still had original tires. Belt...
And if some failures are not the result belt breakage but tooth stripping, testing the entire belt to failure under tension load, rapid or not,...
The test comparing the old and new belt resulted in no difference, or more precisely the old belt elasticity was within the recommended tolerance...
@johnk... Do you have experience writing text books? That explanation is pure poetry. Now every time I start my car I'm going to have a mental...
According to your previous posts a belt doesn't fail due to high RPM alone (agree), you haven't seen one fail upon start up and it doesn't fail...
Yes, but I was making a theoretical assumption about how an IMPROPER downshift from high rpm could impart rapid increased tension on a belt and...
An independent service tech stated "most" belts break upon start up. The snap of the starter motor leads to failure under tension. Regarding...
Thread starter here. I don't log in for a week and WOW. For all the grief I got early in the thread I'm glad I did it. After reading some of the...
??Engine kept running after belt broke too?? How's that possible? Did it just jump a few teeth? We and an Alfa GTV-6 race car with an "off track...
I dont presume that failure don't happen, it's just an observation that very few of these numerous threads contain first hand accounts of...
From an engineering or design point of view, why would there be such a large discrepancy from one engine to another regarding belt service...
Does your policy limit the mile per year? I have historic plates for my 348 and my rate is similar to yours but agent tells me I'm limited to 2K...
From the volume of discussions about the issue it seems some don't find it idiotic. Yes it may be redundant, but nonetheless useful and even...
@rifledriver - Belts were mentioned in the thread topic, if you're tired of these "idiotic" topics, don't click on em. I did do a search on the...
The opinions on these topics are like ass$oles, everyone has one, and we all think ours doesn't stink! And we all love to hear ourselves talk (or...
I know the cam belt thing has been beaten to death. Like a lot of owners, I feel the recommended service interval is ridiculously short...
I've had my 91 348 for two years and major service done just prior to purchase. I've been reading all I can about the car and this forum is a...