Whats the difference?????
12-08-2015, 05:09 PM
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Whats the difference?????
Ok im a little confused here. Not trying to beat a dead horse or bring up the timing chain topic more than it already has been brought up. Here are my 2 questions. #1---JHM sells their intermediate kit off their website for $1575(plus shipping im assuming) and they also sell what appears to be the exact same kit(and is labeled the exact same) on ebay for $2150+$50 shipping. What is the difference? Am i missing something?
#2---What would be the difference of ordering a kit from say FCP Euro or ecs tuning (https://www.ecstuning.com/ES2593417/...Y9AaAgyH8P8HAQ) and adding the mechanical adjusters and subtracting the chains? other than just a few seals, they appear to be the same.
I'm not trying to start a huge debate as to who is a better company or who works on these engines more etc...JHM is obviously a huge contributor to the S4 world (much thanks for that too!) I'm just the average guy who wants to fix his own car and doesn't want to spend more than is needed to do it. As people have stated before, the chains don't really break. People have talked about them stretching, but i have never once seen anyone measure them too see if this is infact a measurable amount. It's hard for me to justify the $2000 expense as a maintenance item, but i don't want to wait until it breaks and be possibly stuck with 2x that amount in repairs. I have 94k on my motor with some rattle on start-up (considered normal) and every once in a while ill hear it on warm startup.
anyone?
#2---What would be the difference of ordering a kit from say FCP Euro or ecs tuning (https://www.ecstuning.com/ES2593417/...Y9AaAgyH8P8HAQ) and adding the mechanical adjusters and subtracting the chains? other than just a few seals, they appear to be the same.
I'm not trying to start a huge debate as to who is a better company or who works on these engines more etc...JHM is obviously a huge contributor to the S4 world (much thanks for that too!) I'm just the average guy who wants to fix his own car and doesn't want to spend more than is needed to do it. As people have stated before, the chains don't really break. People have talked about them stretching, but i have never once seen anyone measure them too see if this is infact a measurable amount. It's hard for me to justify the $2000 expense as a maintenance item, but i don't want to wait until it breaks and be possibly stuck with 2x that amount in repairs. I have 94k on my motor with some rattle on start-up (considered normal) and every once in a while ill hear it on warm startup.
anyone?
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