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My car is rolling up on 90k pretty soon. I've already set my appointment with Acura to have my timing belt and water pump changed. While they're doing that, I'm gonna have them put in the fuel filter that I've had lying around.
Question is, is there anything I should tell them to "watch out for?" This is the first time I've sent my car in for a service since I installed the supercharger. I do all the rest of the work myself. Are they going to have to touch ANYTHING supercharger related?
According to C-Speed's website, it looks like nothing with the supercharger (including belts) will be affected by changing the timing belt. Whew!
I followed c-speed's directions and found that changing the timing belt was child's play compared to installing the blower.
Save some bucks and do it yourself. It only took me a few hours and it was easy to line up the cams and crank correctly.
Order the belt and water pump from A&H Motorsports.
Warning...do not bring you car to an Acura dealer with the charger installed...or any place that does not have experience with a JRSC...you are asking for trouble!!....the first moment you have a problem with thier install they are going to blame it on the charger...here is a good example...have you ever met anyone that had a problem starting their car and brought it to the dealer and what's the first thing for them to blame...the car alarm!!!....save yourself some pain and either bring the car to a place that installs JRSC's or do it yourself...trust me!!!....and if you do have Acura do it make sure you check the timimg after...they will set it to the stock setting of 16 degrees....good luck!!
<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ January 30, 2003 11:59 AM: Message edited by: CivicR ]</font>
CivicR, thanks for the concern. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] In fact, if I had the time, I would definately do this job myself. But graduate school has all my time tied up.
I have my timing set to 16 degrees now (I have a JR BTC), so having them set it to stock will be no problem.