M20 Gates Racing Belt Coming Soon.....

[IveGotIssues666]

Nothing can really be said until a product is made, customer tested, and reviewed. That's really it IMO

Hit the nail on the head here, and that's basically what I said in my above post

I will update this thread as soon as I hear something from the Gate Rep and post up and more info. But the belt is "suppose" to be made by September this year sometime

Jared

[MR 325]

Looking forward to it!

[doktor_b]

in for two of these when they become available. (engine in the car, and the one on the stand)

[darvo]

Interested!

[e21jps]

When you spend on a performance build that has stronger valve springs i would not hesitate to use a stronger belt. My roller set up has 280lb open pressure thats near double standard pressure so the belt is getting a good workout.

i would buy couple for sure

[squidmaster]

I'm interested in one as well. Already one new 30 in my garage that needs a new belt, and maybe another one soon.

[4evere30]

Me likeeee!

ide definetly be in ! already had a belt break before and total almost all the valve s in my old "i" head before i went turbo , now im building a 3.0 stroker + turbo and a better belt and tensioner would be a little more piece of mind for sure
VERY INTERESTED...the timing belt is the only part of the M20 i dislike..

[6SPD]

I'm in for one. Have a new engine being built and the current one is just about up!

[Europeaben]

Very interested for when I build the all out 3.2 stroker ;)

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[Hellspeaker]

Oh this is interesting...to say the least.

[KirkerBezerker]

I spoke to them this morning, and they said it was going to ready in December.

They mention the company I work for Turn 14, but we only sell to shops and retailers.

So you'll def want to hit up Blunttech, or JSC Speed for these.

[einstein57]

I change my turbo cars timing belt every 3 years/45k miles. I don't see the need for a better belt unless your just being lazy. Every built m20 has used the same belt and i don't recall a bunch of threads about prematurely snapping belts.

[Bimmer_man]

Einstein57 i have to agree with you. I just did mine for the first time. It was scary as heck cause i didnt want to mess the thing up. But i think my belt was an extreme case cause it lasted for over 80,000 miles and 8 years without snapping. My car did sit a total of 2 years in that time period. I pushed that belt to the limit.

[Ether-D]

I change my turbo cars timing belt every 3 years/45k miles. I don't see the need for a better belt unless your just being lazy. Every built m20 has used the same belt and i don't recall a bunch of threads about prematurely snapping belts.

I don't see a need for e30s but we have them...

[einstein57]

Great argument :roll:


The contitech belt does not just snap with people running ppf cams and making over 600whp under boost. And that belt is $12, $35 including the roller. So i find it a little difficult to understand the need for a stronger $100 belt with 0 information from the manufacturer as far as service intervals. So people are either going to ride it out hoping the belt last 2-3x longer and possibly destroying their motor in the process. Or replace the belt within the standard intervals (3 years /45k miles according to my factory trained 30 year BMW mechanic/father) which the factory belt handles just fine.