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Re: pic: 2012 frc971 transmission
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Originally Posted by Cory
Weight is an obvious reason. Pulleys are all aluminum and belt is vastly lighter than chain.
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To go along with this- we ran our belts without tensioners at all this year, dead center to center distance and that was it. Zero issues all year.
You also don't have to 'make' chains to certain lengths, you can just buy the belt and design around it. This usually saves at least a few hours later in the build season. I know once we had all our components in, the assembly of our drive system took less than an hour.
Damp- would you mind sharing your W.O.T.? I'm just curious to see what metrics you value versus my own.
-Brando
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