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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 06:19 AM
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I wish I had vvt-i but its not worth the money for 15hp.
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Old Oct 28, 2007 | 04:25 PM
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One interesting thing is that the i (vvt-i) stands for interference which means that if the timing belt breaks, your engine is toast. The Non-interference engines just stop running until you replace the timing belt...
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 07:30 PM
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vvt-i was started in '99
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Old Oct 31, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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VVT-I Means Variable Valve Timing - Intelligence
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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jtsosie
One interesting thing is that the i (vvt-i) stands for interference which means that if the timing belt breaks, your engine is toast. The Non-interference engines just stop running until you replace the timing belt...

All (makes and models) motors are toast until you replace the broken belt.
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 07:43 AM
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lol true.... meeeh i still gotta get my problem of the car cranking and not start check out..... but I don't have any moola now
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