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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:27 PM
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just been to a place down the road form me that has very good feed back as 191 needs a new cam belt and a few other things but i was totaly shocked at the price i recieced.

Cosworth cam belt £117.85
water pump £89.95
Alternator belt £31.35
Air con belt £31.35
Toothed driver pully £33.50
smothe pully £29.10 x 2
Tensioner £78.00
3-4 hours labour @ 85 + vat

thats well over £700 quid

ineed to find somewhere else in essex to take 191 that has recomendations

help please guys
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 01:54 PM
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191 needs a new cam belt
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Prices look about right. You'd not always need the Pully's Water Pump or tensioners unless they are damaged or warn. Why did u specify a Cosworth Cam belt ??

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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by johnrb5
just been to a place down the road form me that has very good feed back as 191 needs a new cam belt and a few other things but i was totaly shocked at the price i recieced.

Cosworth cam belt £117.85
water pump £89.95
Alternator belt £31.35
Air con belt £31.35
Toothed driver pully £33.50
smothe pully £29.10 x 2
Tensioner £78.00
3-4 hours labour @ 85 + vat

thats well over £700 quid

ineed to find somewhere else in essex to take 191 that has recomendations

help please guys

Just had the cam belt changed on my newage, I went with Cosworth as only a few quid more than standard & apart from also getting the Cosworth billet timing belt guide (crank sprocket) that was all that was changed, all the other belts were good condition and no problem with pumps etc. With oil change that came in at £500 from west london dealers. I did ask them do they normally change all the other bits as i've seen people now saying you should change all the bits you listed and they told me only if it's worn out & they'll call before changing it as well

+ forgot that also included fitting heavy duty front/rear end links.

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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:09 PM
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look up FBtuning on here
not in essex but worth the 45minute trip
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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sod that i paid 7 quid for my new alternator belt last week
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 05:42 PM
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sod that i paid 7 quid for my new alternator belt last week
lol mr greenfumb answer ya pms please
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:21 PM
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look up FBtuning on here
not in essex but worth the 45minute trip
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:38 PM
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You can try zak at mocom for a qoute.

He might want a service done on his kart...
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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ah a bit of contra i like it simon
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:02 PM
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Try Import car parts for all the parts required. They sell bundles that include all the parts! Only labour cost to find then.....
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:05 PM
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If you want to really scare yourself ring subaru for a price on belt,idlers and tensioner IIRC it was nearly £500 and that was trade to me and with me fitting it
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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a 191 one a new scooby that everyone missed?
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:05 PM
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Mocom racing mate
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by KickboxingCrazy
a 191 one a new scooby that everyone missed?


the number of my rb5 fella
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:25 PM
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It's the labour that's the costly part, place i took mine to was £35 an hour.

You can get a cambelt from grahamgooderacing on ebay for around £30, water pump from camskill for around £40 and the full set of tensioner, rollers and idlers from import car parts for i think around £140.
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:31 PM
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Give Paul @ Extreme a bell
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Old Apr 11, 2011 | 08:36 PM
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I had 5 year service that meant cam belt/timing belt?

I said to dealer that why change cam and not thenother belts ibcluding tensioners idle pulls.

Cost me 650 main dealer and I had to take it back as belt was squealing

Sorted no problem in the end
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by johnrb5
the number of my rb5 fella
I call mine GOD

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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 03:25 AM
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does anyone realise its just a cambelt change? why are "specialists" needed for this, im a mechanic and it baffles me
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Old Apr 12, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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its just something i dont wanna bugger up myself
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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i know this is an old post but i have just done mine they are easy, just get mirror to make sure marks line up, and they are self tensioning

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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by si324
i know this is an old post but i have just done mine they are easy, just get mirror to make sure marks line up, and they are self tensioning


Simon will be doing mine

you can always get my mate simon to do it for you

aye si

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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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yeh i will do it for ya darc, pm me if ya want it done
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Old Apr 17, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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Paul at Extreme scoobies.

Does all my work for me. Legend.
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