Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby StanTheMan » Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:16 am

in all those situations.....your tight cockstrap....isn't going to be heard or felt. LOL


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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby TTT » Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:45 am

Rasputin wrote:Says you.

Each and every one of my cars have had something that make people stop and stare and ask questions.

Taking photos at lights, getting thumbs up, people approaching me and giving me appreciation.

Hell, one lady at a servo looked at my car, then me and said "your car is so sexy; I don't know what to do with myself." That's a quote.


It all makes it worthwhile and turns your average day into a good one when something like that happens.


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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby Rasputin » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:05 pm

I respect that you have your own opinion when it comes to the car you drive, Stan.

All I'm saying is sometimes it's nice to be different. We'd all drive Hyundai Getz's if we didn't seek some sort of diversity as people.

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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby StanTheMan » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:16 pm

Of course its nice to have a nice car. Especially when you can be proud of it. But with MX5 is hardly a unique car. yes its streets ahead of any Hyundi in uniqueness reliablilty , handling & so on. but its hardly a Karmann Gia, Porshe 356 or a 1936 Bugatti......now for that, not even an old man would need a cockstrap to keep it up firmly.
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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby Old Dude » Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:00 pm

Old Dude wrote:I know of people that have added a straight knurled to the existing pulley and another pulley else ware and ran a belt over these 2 pulleys. They don't do anything except make the noise you are after, they also don't interfere with the running of the car, I don't thing over tightening of the belts would do much for the life of your bearings :lol:

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Sorry that was suppose to read a straight Knurled pulley to the existing pulley.

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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby Blade_Hunter » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:08 pm

Gilmer belt drive, toothed belt against a toothed cog, the sound is created by the air being squished out of the cog valleys by the belt teeth.

The wider your belt and cog set the louder the effect.

Sounds farking cool though :)

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Re: Loudest timing belt available for NB8A.

Postby MattR » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:08 pm

Or the ghetto way as done to an old Xb Falcon I had:

1. pull number 6, for mx5 no. 4, plug lead. There's a big set of lumpy cams. On the XB the choke was also pulled on, god bless carbies, You could turn up the idle speed on the MX.

2. Get waxed fruit box and cut section off. Attach one end to vehicle, other end to flap against fan of alternator, like the footy card pegged to flap in the wheel of a bike.

You now have a Gilmor drive on an MX with huge cams :D :D :D


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