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    Article about Hybrid Racing's timing chain tensioner that appeared in Modified Magazine.

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    Article about Hybrid Racing's timing chain tensioner that appeared in Modified Magazine.

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    Hybrid Tensioner Modified

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    Article about Hybrid Racing's timing chain tensioner that appeared in Modified Magazine.

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    pega Good Tension, Bad Tension? Unraveling the Honda K-Series timing chain tensioner mystery with Hybrid Racing ‘ackin 2005 whon | frst swaoped a K20K2 RSKType-S Jengne into my EG Gvic ace car, ‘one ofthe fist mods I made to itwas a se of Scunk2 Stage 1 camshafts. The idea was tokeepthe engine bull fairy mild given the stress one-hour Touring Car races put en a motor. With these cams an¢ the usual bot-one and a Hondata K-Pr0 for engine management, the cthervise siock 20 pumped outa very respectable 222 horses atthe frnt wheels, enough to win all six Touring Car races| did that year. {also pi quite a few extra race miles on the engine that year, competing a few time attack evexts and gong to a nunber ‘of lapping days on to ofthe Touring Car races. Then, qute unexpectedly the engine suffered a timing chain tensioner faire while testing sone different nteke systems con the dyro. Asluck would have, the tensioner fled during coostdown on the last dyno pull ofthe day, so we didn't even realize thee was a problem unt we were ate to restart the engine. Atthe time we were al scretching ourheads, but after atte wrenchirg we discovered te timing chain had lost tension A ite Googling and it became clear tat the O= timing chain tensioner was aknown problem” when using aftermarket camshafts and was in fact the culprit on my K20, bt nobody had reall investigate the reason behind these failues. Uni now. Hyoria Racing Isa night respected name in the Honda K-Series engine-svap world, ‘owned and operated by a smal group of 20 NoDineD nuGAZINE Honda enthusiasts dedicate to making Series swaps as painless as possible. Hybrid has also been bringing some innora- tive new products te market for K svappers, incldingits new shifter box that eliminates theneed to cut the center tunel inorder to achieve OEM shifter placement and now the company’s soor-to-be-eleased timing chain tersioner. Question is, how does HR's tensioner address any inadequacies inthe ‘OEM tensione, and what exacly are those inadequacies anyway? Before getting into Hybrid's detective ‘Work on the OE tensioner ana design of ts stronger eplacement unt lt’ fist take a closer look at what the timing chain ten loner is designed to do. The timing chain (or be inthe case of older Honda engines) is. hat lnks the eranishaftto the camshafis, controling valve timing in the process. the chan were to lose tension and skip a few teeth onthe crank cr cam sprockets, valve fining would. thrown of, sulting in ‘power loss and possible piston-to-valvecon- tact. To prevent tis scenario, Honda uses a thydrauleally actusted tensioner that places 2 force on the timing chain guide to maintain proper chain tension. And since the chain ‘can stretch toth elastically (impermanenty) and plasticaly (permanently the tensioner is lo designed te automatically sdjustto variation inte chain's length. How does ne tensioner aqust aut cally? As you can See from the oess-section Images, there's a simple one-way check valve assembly a the base ofthe large central spring anda release valve at the ‘opposite end nsice the tensioner isto These valves allow olf te flow through the tensioner assembly, applying the appropriate force tothe inner surface of te tensioner piston that in turn applies the appropri- ate force tothe ctain guide. You'l also notice a small ratcheting mechanism that interfaces with the tootied cuter surface of the piston, which mits piston morement in and outto about 2 0.25-inc, permitting the tensioner to take up any slack in the chain ast etches. The large man sprng att center ofthe tensioner may lok Ikea vital ‘component, but it actually has alow spring fate and is jst there to provide abit ofextra tension when ol pressure is ow, such 2s during crankng and il. Alin all, the factory K-Seies tensioner is ‘a clever piece of engineering, anc tobe fair nas taHonda there is nothing interently wrong, with its design when used as intended on ‘9 stook Series engine, According to Fuss Garehan from Hybrid Racing, “We have net been able to find any cases of chain teasiona failure cn a well maintained ‘unmodified engine. The tensioners are only faling when they are subjected to forces sgreaterthan they were designed for, such as those created by the more aggressive profile of aftomarkat cane and highor spring rates of aftermarket vale springs. These higher loads wear out te teeth on the ratcheting mechanism used on the tersioner. If the twoth woar out enough, the piston can be pushed inte the tensioner far enough to allow slackin the chain, which can result in skipped teeth onthe cam gears and poten tial damage to the motor.” BButiat’s notte ony issue Hyori Racing found withthe OEM tensioner. According to Russ, “The only thing that prevents the piston from rotatng oF spinning inthe ton ssoneris the groove inthe chain guide that the tensioner piston fits into” SEU TRO a ns AS eS Ce Ue TY ee cet eer Portes ret ene Cees eM aee e ed ee ee eee eee Specifically developed for Fara ed Umer Nd effective at ALL RPM Se er SUPER DAMPER To address these two main concers, Hybrid Racing fist tumed its attention tothe

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