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damn just hit 59000. should i be thinking on doing Timing belt job or wait till 70k. what do you guy

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Old 01-06-2006, 03:58 AM
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Default damn just hit 59000. should i be thinking on doing Timing belt job or wait till 70k. what do you guy

would do?

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Default I did mine at about 70K, and I track my car. Nothing was wrong, but I would recommend 60K.

I an still CPO, so if it failed I would have been covered. Without warranty, I would do 60K. I was just lazy and dragging my feet.
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Default considering you have lifts, tools and a full staff i'd take care of it now.

should be really easy considering all your resources.
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Default I think you should get rid of the diapers and put on some big boy underoos.

Seriously...you spend as much time here as you do, and you still need us to tell you what to do about the timing belt??
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i'd do it ASAP .. i would do a stg3 TB every 25k-30k miles.
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TJ: did you get in on the turbo GB, or are you selling stuff to drop the $13k+ on the ASP GT kit?
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he owns a tuning shop?? whats it called?
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I say wait until at least 75k. The only reason people recommend 60k on AW is peer pressure.
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Default I agree...evidence on this forum of actual failures seems to be lacking. Evidence of fear is...

significant, although unsupported. My experience on a stock engine is that you can go 90k before a change. Manual says 104k.

Also, would stg3 versus stock matter? How does increased HP strain the TB? Wouldn't it be the same RPMs and same physical wear?


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