The following is my "Crazy Thought of the Month".
Due to the high (and ever rising) cost of chains and sprockets, has
anyone ever considered the feasibility of replacing them with belts?
Replacement pulleys (for lack of a better term) and tensioners would
have to be fabricated at a fair cost. Are these replacement items or do
they last 'forever' in an engine designed for belts? If they need not
be replaced with the belts, they would pay for themselves rather
quickly. While the belts would be more difficult to change than on an
engine that was designed for them, it certainly wouldn't be any more
trouble that the chains and sprockets. Would a belt survive in the oil
bath environment in which it would br placed?
Just another wacky thought.....
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Best regards,
Fred Schroeder
'70 2000
SRL311-13359
TDROC
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