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Does anyone know what this bar on the engine is?


BazzaAlpine

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Yup, part of the tensioner assembly for a manual supra. My Supra was converted from an auto and I still have the solid tensioner thingymabob and have been wondering if I should change it to the one you have circled.

 

That was my guess, picture was a little small. Basically since the auto has the TC it has a slightly softer change, the additional damper is there to absorb the shock of harder gear changes.

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That was my guess, picture was a little small. Basically since the auto has the TC it has a slightly softer change, the additional damper is there to absorb the shock of harder gear changes.

 

I haven't particularly punished mine since going 6 speed but am now a tad worried about mine.

 

Ah right, thanks :) It was confusing the hell out of me. Seeing as the engine is going into an automatic should it be removed or may as well just leave as is?

 

If Gav is right then I would have thought it wouldn't matter too much as softening the changes would probably help whether auto or not.

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It's a shock absorber to atop the belt potentially coming off during "American" changes,. They never have got the hang of manual gearboxes :)

 

I had to put an extra pulley on the outside of the belt run on my Skyline PAS dive belt when I fitted a triple plate clutch as it locked up very hard during race type gear changes and threw the belt.

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