pic: Team 192's 2013 Gearbox

[Joey Milia]

Originally Posted by DampRobot

Just wondering, do you have any idea about the gearbox's efficiency? Just looking at all those shafts makes me wonder if you're loosing some power through all those reductions.

I don't have any hard data on efficiency but it's just a three stage shifting gearbox, one of which is belts from the cims. All stages are in the 98%-99% range, add on the sealed bearings and I would expect an efficiency in the low 90s.