as for the timing belt being 1300, that is such B.S, and if i was your friend, i would really complain about that, cause mine was $150, and even that was a little high. unless if his timing belt broke when he was driving it, and it did some sever damage to the piston's, then i could see it running around that price, but that was stupid to pay, cause you can get a fairly new klze (30 more hp) for like 600. my opinion, most mechanics suck, and if they say that they had to take the engine out to change the timing belt, they are freaking idiots. and sleeper i'd get that changed, if it breaks your looking into some serious damage, unless you really don't care...