Well my friend has a all stock 98 gst spyder. Has under 60k miles on. He had it idling and all of a sudden he heard snap and a woosh sound and his car turned off. It would crank but not start now. Took a look at his belt and one of them the side walls was pretty ripped up, but still holding together. Any suggestion what might cause this or why his car isn't starting.

 

sounds like it could be a timing slip... and maybe looking at a head rebuild. If its the timing belt the valves hitting the pistons might have been part of that sound and bent valves will cause you to crank over but not start because you cant hold compression

 

which belt are you saying is worn because like emonz said, the one you need to check is the timing belt which is covered by the plastic peice. I agree with emonz with this being the timing belt

 

well its not the belt that runs the cam gears .. but if u look from the driver side fender and align urself to where the end of the intake manifold is and just peek down, its that belt that looks torned up.

 

funny thing is its parked in a mall parking lot and the flat bed tow truck told him he wont tow his car cuz its to low.

 

is the air conditioning belt?

 

if so, the car should still start

 

also the timing belt could have loosened up a little bit like emonz said. because it could have been that but he could be talking about another belt that looks like the problem but isnt.

 

well looks like it is probably the Alternator belt. It eventually snapped off.

 

thats would do it.