I still want one but it will have to wait until I have LOTS of money and at
least one spare engine (really long timing chain in the middle of the
engines without a tensioner so you have to treat it like a timing belt and
of course remove the engine to replace it)
This has puzzled me for as long as I can remember, and while totally
off-topic, I have to ask--why is the timing chain on the Merak/SM
engine in the freaking middle of the engine? It doesn't seem like a
weird thing to do on a prewar straight-8 with a two-piece block, etc,
but why on a modern V6? (I guess the Honda Hurricane 600cc 4cyl also
has a central timing chain, but it never struck me as so weird.)