[alfa] single-row timing chains

[Jon Pike <jhpike@xxxxxxx>]

> I believe when Mercedes went to single-row chains on the V8s in the 70s/80s
> they had a lot of trouble, and eventually went back to double-row.  I recall
> they even offered a conversion to retrofit single-row chains on older
> engines to double-row.
I can verify this..  We "adopted" my wife's parent's 81 380SL a while 
ago.. and it had had this modification done to it.  Strongly reccomended 
by their mechanic,  and from several other sources I encountered since, 
it was a weak point in those engines and quite a few broke. 
This usually trashed the engine, and probably totaled many cars,  with 
the huge cost of a major engine rebuild from a dealer getting pretty 
close to value of the car.

Jon and Marcia
77 Spider ("Angelina" our "27yr old Black Italian Co-Wife")
81 380SL (formerly "Ben" now "Ben Her's" my wife's "23yr old Blond 
German Co-Husband") 
(Somehow, I REALLY don't feel the same about that second classification!!!)
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