Legality of exposed cam gears - NSW

**charade_16v** · 09-06-2011, 08:24 AM

Might just run it open, and keep the covers handy for if I get defected or decide to put it back on...

**LeeRoy** · 09-06-2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by pandaah

anyone noted that a 5sfe alternator has an external fan with no cover FROM factory?... and they munch your finger hard, let me tell ya!

Yep, and older commodores are the same - eg circa VN.

**andrew_mx83** · 09-06-2011, 06:23 PM

i havent run the front cover for years, and havent had a problem with the po-po even after they sus around under the bonnet. also havent had debris cause a break.

to get it off a 7m you have to pull the thermostat housing off and drain/refill/burp the coolant. leaving it off makes doing lots of work on the car heaps easier (esp if you play with cam timing often)
i do like the look, but its more about ease of working on it. my race motor wont run the back one (or lower one!) either cos it will look cleaner and i dont have the room but will still need some sort of TDC mark.

**RONA** · 09-06-2011, 08:01 PM

Supercharged motor has exposed belts even with the engine cover on. The others posted are NA V6s

**litldv8** · 09-06-2011, 08:43 PM

so it does
my mistake.
neil

**beerhead** · 09-06-2011, 09:49 PM

I think you'e not imagining leaning over an engine naked whilst adjusting a dizzy at the back of a motor, my thumb isn't what I'd be worried about in the belts

**litldv8** · 10-06-2011, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by beerhead

I think you'e not imagining leaning over an engine naked whilst adjusting a dizzy at the back of a motor, my thumb isn't what I'd be worried about in the belts

i did not want to be so crass as to write penis

neil