For years, beltdriven timing drives have been the accepted standard in NASCAR Nextel Cup racing. The same holds true in the Busch Series and Truck Series as well as other top touring racing series.

We must first understand what each of these two systems does for a car. They both serve the same purpose, which is to coordinate the movement of the crankshaft as well as the camshaft(s) so that the ...

Cobus has never been able to keep his car opinions to himself and at age 12, he expressed them in no uncertain terms to a certain motoring magazine’s editor. It was the first of many times he would be ...

The timing belt is a notched rubber belt, sometimes called a Gilmer belt. This belt allows the crankshaft to drive the camshaft, which in turn opens and closes the valves. Without this belt, the ...

Your car's internal combustion engine requires a massive amount of individual parts to make it run. From the tiniest nuts and bolts to hulking crankshafts and engine blocks, modern motors are composed ...

I CAN'T understand why carmakers can't fit cam-timing belts that last the life of the vehicle. It seems to be the achilles heel of modern cars, and certainly my Astra turbo. Holden revised their ...

HOLDEN has identified a problem with the camshaft timing belt tensioner, which has failed on some vehicles. The result is the belt has broken or skipped a tooth or two on the gear, with the potential ...

Timing belts themselves are relatively inexpensive but can easily cause thousands of dollars of damage if they break while the engine is running. Engines come in two configurations: Interference and ...

Does a 1.6 petrol 2007 Mazda 3 have a timing chain or cam belt? Does the Fiat 500 Twin Air use a belt or chain? I have a 2015 Fiat 500 Twin Air which has done 33,000 miles. Should I be considering ...

Unless you own a Yugo, you probably already realize that your car’s engine is a meticulously designed and engineered hunk of metal. Even so, you may not know that if one part of the engine fails, it ...