*ROLL UP ROLL UP* Guess the weight of a VR6 Timing Chain Kit

[mariojoshi 1]

Well..

 

Sounds like a really dumb question,

 

BUT - a good friend of mine is over in the states at the moment and he's due back in a couple of weeks.

I'm trying to persuade him to bring me back a timing chain kit for the old VR but he's asking how big and what the weight of it is etc...

 

Might even be able to get a headgasket set too.. who knows what I can blag eh!

 

I doubt they can be that heavy really and out of the packing, and surely not that big either!

Obviously this rules out heavy postage costs to the UK(as most of these US places (fourseasons/MJM etc) seem to ship free to most places in the US) and possibly even the customs charges?!

 

SO... who's the brightest sparkplug in the corradoforum's cylinder head then eh? ;)

 

Thanks all,

Josh

[boost monkey 0]

If by Timing Chain Kit you mean:

 

Chain - upper and lower,

Tensioner - upper and lower,

Guide - upper and lower

 

then my guess is 2.15 Kg :grin:

[mariojoshi 1]

*disclaimer*

This is not an actual raffle and no prize will be awarded for correct answers

[boost monkey 0]

Gargh, evil small print :brickwall:

[dinkus 10]

Size wise - not all that big. There's a pic of what's included on the Four Season site here - http://www.fourseasontuning.com/?product=14#

 

The guides are just plastic and thus not very heavy, but the chains and tensioners are pretty much solid metal so a little on the weighty side.

 

For size reference - the tensioner bolt (brass bit inside the chain in the pic) is about 10cm long.

 

I'd say they're more like 4kg total weight though...

[boost monkey 0]

VWSpares lists them as 2.15 KG when you checkout hence my "guess" :lol: :salute:

[dinkus 10]

VWSpares lists them as 2.15 KG when you checkout hence my "guess" :lol: :salute:

 

Cheater :lol:

 

Edit: And that doesn't include the tensioner bolt, which is fairly hefty... so I'd go for more like 2.75kg :D

 

...assuming that you'd want to go with the Mk4 setup, rather than the slightly crapper standard Corrado setup...

[boost monkey 0]

600g bolt? :shock:

 

[vwdeviant 0]

Guys guysch, he's talking the US so they have no concept of "KG"...

 

Old-school Lb/Oz please! :lol:

 

Still amazed Sir Cheesy's not been here!

[dinkus 10]

Old-school Lb/Oz please! :lol:

 

What the hell's Australia got to do with things? :?

[boost monkey 0]

Old-school Lb/Oz please! :lol:

 

What the hell's Australia got to do with things? :?

 

LOLLERPOPS. Dufus 2 teh resceu :nuts:

[mariojoshi 1]

Hehe, some amusing replies there,

 

Thank you good fellows. That's plenty of info to be getting on with. I'm actually surprised they weigh that much, I mean.... I know they take a lot of load, just somehow don't look that heavy!

 

Another thing I noticed (at the London Motorshow) is that the Subaru boxxer engine is dual chain driven, that must be a pain after a lot of mileage! Twice as many guides and tensioners to replace!

[Toad 0]

It's only really the chains, bolt and lower tensioner that weigh anything.

 

The tensioner bolt is 27mm and fairly hefty, hence the weight.