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Re: paper: 2014 HOT Tech Notes

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber View Post
Was this a VP belt that snapped? I ask because we ran belts on our intake this year and ended up having to replace every single VP belt at least once. We had one non VP belt from a different supplier (SDP-SI?) and it survived the entire season. Trying to see if our experience was unique or if others have seen that the VP belts have a shorter lifetime than those of other suppliers or if there was something different between the runs.

* And anyone who is worried, VP belts are probably fine for anyone who does a sane season. 125's was NOT sane.
We had frequent 9mm belt snaps in our drivetrain, and heard similar things from other CA teams.
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