My big brother, an ME and garage mechanic just gave me this lecture, after I told him how easy the serpentine belt was to change:

"Everyone worries about the belt they can see, but it's the one you can't see that will kill you. It's the timing belt that you need to worry about. When it fails, pistons meet
valves, everything disintegrates, and you get to buy a new engine".

"And don't forget to change the water pump while you're in there."

I played with the search function, couldn't find a coherent thread on this. Anyone got the link to it, or know what Honda says about this? Car is a 2004, 68,000 miles now,
runs perfect.

 

Never mind, found the right forum with google. Thanks anyway.

 

All s2000 have a timing chain. There is no belt to replace.

 

X2

 

X3

 

Be sure to change the points and rebuild the carb too!

 

Also replace rotor arm & distributor cap every 6k miles.

 

Don't forget to change the summer air to fall/winter air in your tires while your at it.