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----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: RE: [F500] Autox and belts > Chuck, > If, or (when) I get around to converting my 88 Red Devil to 4 link, is > it mandatory to relocate the countershaft from rear of engine to in > front of the engine, like your old car is now? And if it is mandatory, > why so? Inquiring minds...... > Bill Schmidt 88 RD Kawi > > >>> "Chuck McAbee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/02/07 3:03 PM >>> > First question - What is the distance between your Jackshaft and Final > Drive gear. On my 86 Red Devil, in it's original configuration the > drive > and driven belt gears were almost as close together as was physically > possible. With this near mounting of the gears, the belt had no more > than 3 > or 4 teeth of engagement on the drive gear...in racing this was no > problem, > unless I spun and then tried to stand on the throttle while still > rolling > backwards. For 2 seconds it sounded like a Ferrari at full song, as the > teeth were ripped off the belt. The same Ferrari sound would occur at > an > Auto-X, for the same reason....trying to pass too much power through too > few > teeth of engagement. > > Once the car was converted to a trailing arm, 4 link rear suspension and > the > drive gear and the driven gear were separated by about 22 inches (which > required a longer belt, just slightly less than 1/2 of the drive gear > was > captured by the belt and thus had 15/18 teeth of engagement and I never > had > another drive belt problem under any circumstance. > > Your mileage may vary > > > Chuck McAbee > SEDIV #16 ________________________________ 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! ***
