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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall
That looks interesting....
I mostly concur with sanddrag, except for that sprocket thing.
A couple of years ago, in 2003, Woburn used those same little sprockets, and promptly broke something like 13 #25 chains over the course of three events. Since there's no such thing as too much horsepower, the chain simply wasn't up to what we demanded of it. (It undergoes higher stresses as sprocket radius decreases.) ....
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can't this all simply be solved by replacing the chain system with timing belts? Cars use them and put them under alot more stress than we ever will, no to mention are quite a bit litter than chains.