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Old 09-19-2009, 11:28 PM   #233 (permalink)
Tygen1
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I'm with ya, I can't see bending the cams, I've had mine out before and they are some beeffy units. The cam gears are steel, not stamped, more like die-cast. Theyre big and heavy. This car does have a Variable exhuast cam, I doubt the belt could damage it though....not saying it's not possible.

I've seen some pic's of ZX2's running around with about an 1/8 of a belt left. It's a very common problem. No start could be a hundred things.

You mentioned that there is no compression. Have them show you this, see it for yourself. I would be surprised if there wasn't compression. If you bent a cam, the motor probably would not turn over. So things still sound a bit fishy...
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