MinisterofDOOM wrote:It might be designed to last the life of the engine, but if it does break it'll be catastrophic. The VQ is an interference engine, which means valves and pistons overlap, so if timing gets too offset you'll end up with bent valves or worse.
However, the CHAIN will only break if something goes wrong. It was designed never to need to be replaced.
finxed idk if it'll get that far though. without the chain turning the cams it should stall out almost right away. shouldn't it? i'm guessing because i haven't seen a thread on any max forum about a timing chain breaking so it's hard to say for sure.