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Old 12-28-2009, 05:25 PM   #21
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And hood clearance? In the 90's, there would be only 1 inch of clearance between the hood and the engine
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Old 12-28-2009, 05:25 PM   #22
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you must have some tiny hands

cuz i can't even get my bear claws in to check the belt tension on my P5 cuz of the lack of space let alone replace one.

hell i had to move the brake booster bottle, to get to the passenger side hi-beam, and even then Z couldn't fit her hands in that space. but i eventually got it. after some bleedin knuckles.

and here's a V6 accord, have all the room you want from top of valve cover to hood, it's the sides that count, since thats where the belts are at, and that ain't alot of room. then there's trying to replace the back bank of plugs.........
At first I was going to disagree with 'slice too.

He's right though.

Look at the room in that bay compared to this one from a 1990 Toyota Celica:


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Old 12-28-2009, 05:31 PM   #23
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Is that an All-Trac Turbo? What's up with the alternator on the left, looks like it's got ram-air cooling
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Old 12-28-2009, 06:12 PM   #24
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1994 4cyl camry




2010 camry 4cyl



seems about the same really. or that '10 has more room. see the alt. belt on the '94? how about the '10?
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Old 12-29-2009, 12:41 AM   #25
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E30 - E36
E21 and E30s the rest are garbage.
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Old 12-29-2009, 02:15 AM   #26
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you must have some tiny hands

cuz i can't even get my bear claws in to check the belt tension on my P5 cuz of the lack of space let alone replace one.

hell i had to move the brake booster bottle, to get to the passenger side hi-beam, and even then Z couldn't fit her hands in that space. but i eventually got it. after some bleedin knuckles.

and here's a V6 accord, have all the room you want from top of valve cover to hood, it's the sides that count, since thats where the belts are at, and that ain't alot of room. then there's trying to replace the back bank of plugs.........

VTEC - Variable Valve Timing and Electronic Lift Control

Looks like the Japs missed a few letters in the acrynom. lol
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