My GTV-6 has had the hydraulic tensioner (sans the hydraulics)
installed since 2006 (per APE). No problems and I regularly rev' her
to 7200 RPMs!
George Graves
'86 GTV-6 3.0 'S'
On Feb 9, 2010, at 4:06 PM, Richard Welty wrote:
On 2/9/10 6:59 PM, Brian Shorey wrote:
It was our discussion in Tulsa, I think, that spurred the question.
Fwiw, in theory, I don't think that blocking off the oil feed would
be any worse than the stock hydraulic detensioner during a cold
start. If anything, you should have more belt tension during a
cold start, not less, right?
Fwiw, I thought your idea was a pretty good one, and I'll probably
give it a whirl myself at some point.
APE has also been recommending using the hydraulic detensioners in
this manner. i have one i got
from them with the intent of doing this on the milano, but it
currently has the mechanical detensioner
on it and the shorter stud, so i haven't tried to install the
hydraulic unit.
richard
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