Chris, I replied to you on the eformulacarnews forum but just to rehash it here, I use a "racing" type belt for my solo car like you. It is 36mm wide. Never had a breakage problem in the 11 years it has been on the car. It has gone through many, many autox starts without a problem. Perhaps your belt had damage that you didn't see. Perhaps a pebble got caught up in the belt and caused the failure. There could be many explanations beyond the width of the belt causing a problem.
Did you get a "ratcheting" of the belt when you left the line? If you did, then your belt needed adjustment and that's why it broke. Was it aligned properly? Did a foreign body get caught up in the belt? All questions that could lead to an answer on the failure. I wouldn't be so quick to go with a wider belt until I put a new 36mm belt back on, adjusted it right, and made sure that everything else was correct. Just my 0.02 :-). Art -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Eveland Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 9:42 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [F500] Autox and belts Hi all- I took the Red Devil to its first autox yesterday, and ran into a little snag: I broke the drive belt (is that what we call the one that isn't part of the CVT?) on my second run. It broke somewhere near the start... I'd guess on a rational level that it broke on the launch, but I swear I had power for at least the 1st 20 feet, and I did get up enough speed to coast well off the course. Anyway, I have a spare belt, so I can replace that, but I'm wondering if there is any autox specific trick that should be employed to keep this from happening again. Different tension? Driver adjustments? Thanks for the tips, -Chris ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
