Originally Posted by nuhawk

I know how you feel. I didn't have it happen to my Superhawk but it did happen to my Prelude. Cute little car that I dumped thousands into. I had no clue the valve train problems of the Honda bikes extended to their automobiles. When the timing belt gave out I crushed three of four cylinders.

Originally Posted by RickB

A lot of the newer car engines are prone to valve/piston problems if the timing belt or chain goes - these are known as "interference" engines...