So the story goes like this I have the TTC 268 cams,bc springs and retainer, the new Titan cam gears, and I also decided to do basic maintnace for peace of mind which Is the water and oil pump so in doing that I figure now is the best time to do timing belt and this is where I have a problem I order a gates timing belt and shortly after I had a buddy of mine inform me that the gates belt is a bit shorter the oem and will cause the tensioner bracket to snap at high rpms. And I have another person that is telling me that it's not true since are motors use a hydraulic tension so it automatically adjusts to the belt.

When I hit the search button everyone is talking about interference motors and billet tensions.. But i don't think my cams cause interference because they have a 9.14 lift so

my options are:
1. Return gates and install oem
2. Install gates I will be fine
3.option 1 and 2 can't be trusted install gates and billet tensioner.

 

2. for me.

Gates make some of the OEM belts. I ran gates on my GS300 for 125k miles and now it's due for another timing belt and water pump job which i do in couples weeks.

You know you must remove the oil pan off to replace the oil pump right?

 

#2 as well

Your cams arent interference, so youll be just fine with the gates belt. I ran one on my MKIII, never had an issue with the tensioner

 

How much power and rpms are we talking about here cause I'm shooting for about 7.5k and 600 ponies?

 

#2
i would think it would a huge thing and well known if something like a timing belt brand was causing people issues

 

id hit 8400 every once in a while, over 500whp