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Old 08-23-2015, 06:30 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Fingie View Post
And rooster, it's the same 8V engine samara/2108 has, so the engine design was already 28 years old when the car was made in 2003
It might be the same old engine we know in Brazil as "Fiasa", originally designed by Aurelio Lampredi. At least the Brazilian version had an inverted belt tensioner, which is often blamed for the timing belt often becoming more prone to a rupture.
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