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Originally Posted by asid61
While CoF is pretty important, I would argue that most teams can simply swap out their tread for blue nitrile or another high-CoF tread to get good results.
Drive efficiency is pretty variable, but it's almost negligible. A spur gear gearbox will have around 94% efficiency, so it really comes down to chain vs. belt drive. Even with that, the difference is less than 10%.
Drivetrain efficiency is extremely hard to calculate accurately anyway because of manufacturing tolerances.
Of course, this is not something that can be taken to heart, but for reference purposes it seems to do the job.
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Drivetrain efficiency is that simple if everyone built perfect gearboxes, if you mess up the spacing of gears or have things out of alignment you can easily make your drivetrain much less efficient. Theoretical efficiency is one thing, real life efficiency makes a huge difference for a lot of teams.