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My mate has a Gates on his 500rwhp RB25. It's fine, not noisy at all. Hasn't been on there long enough to comment on snapping, but I imagine any snappin incidents would be more related to poor installation than poor product.

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But is it worth spending the extra $ to get a gates

i got gates in my GTR, is slightly noisy but not a huge deal really

as per other noises, you soon get used to it

but when the car idling, you can hear the belt

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I got a Dayco timing belt kit with the idlers as well, just another option

but agree with above, Gates should be fine, they can be a bit noisey if tightened a bit much. But if you dont want to spend that much then the Dayco is cheaper

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No snappage on my gates racing belt at 75 thou. Didn't notice extra noise either *shrugs*.

Have an oem belt about to go into a replacement motor though even though it was only $22 extra for the gates racing belt in a major service kit.

Don't gates market the racing (blue) belts as 300% stronger than oem and fray and heat resistant etc? Really do wish nissan motors were non interference for a bit of extra safety when it comes to timing belt disasters.. only takes a damaged belt or seized water pump/idler bearing etc to screw our motors.

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Gates and OEM rubber is different (even with cam and crank seals), Gates use a hard rubber (explains noise) while OEM is much softer. In the end what matters the most is the installation of the belt itself, do it right first time and you won't need to worry about it for another 10 years or 100,000km.

When it came to do my 100,000km service, I went with what my mechanic recommended (ex Nissan Foreman), genuine Nissan belts and seals. He has genuine Nissan gear in his 32 GTR and tracks it with a built motor.

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More important than the belt is buying a bolt for the idler and a new stud for the tensioner. Then use service manual data and a torque wrench when installing and tightning them up. Over tightening combined with heat cycling can cause the bolts to break, and then you learn the hard way what an interference engine is all about.

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Look for the dayco kit if you can, nice and cheap and comes with belt idler tensioners ect, everything that it needed. Had mine in for 30000 now and all good I think I got mine off eBay. At the end of the day it's a timing belt with no performance gains, it makes no sense to spend extra.

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Just FYI, I wouldn't bother buying any of the idler/tensioners in a kit from anywhere..

I got my idler and tensioner, brand new NSK items, from Statewide Bearings for a LOT cheaper than anyone else could even think of doing them for.

Oh and I run a Dayco belt for my 30 :P

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