Cog Belt Questions..............
I just got my new F-2 set-up out to the track a few times and I'm having some belt problems. At first I was throwing belts, but now I seem to have things aligned better and the belt is staying on, BUT I can't make it past the 1/8 mile mark without stripping all of the cog teeth off of the belt!!! I'm running a 50 mm cog set-up, a Gates Powergrip GT2 # 14408MGT50, and 70/36 cogs.
I made two passes ( actually only half passes ) the other night and stripped two brand new belts clean.
Am I possibly overtightening the belt, causing it to tear itself apart???
Is the rubber belt just not strong enough and I need to switch to a Polychain ( kevlar ) belt??
This is my first cog set-up, up until now I've had serp. belts, so any help/info would be greatly appeciated.
THANKS ALOT,
RICH
THANKS FOR THE INFO JOHN.............
I'm always keeping an eye on all of my tubing/connections, and they are all fine. I'm running the big red Procharger bypass valve and have it adjusted properly also.
I also posted this question on the NMRA forums and a few of the Drag Radial and SSO guys seem to think I might have just been over- tightening the belt, which you also mentioned. I'm going to do some testing in a few nights and run the belt a little looser to see how that works. Once I can figure out these belt issues this hotrod ought to really fly!!!
THANKS AGAIN FOR THE REPLY,
RICH
GOT A HANDLE ON THE PROBLEM............
I made three full hits the other night with the same belt and it still looks great!!! I fabricated a new brace which helped tremendously as far as keeping the belt aligned.
SPECIAL THANKS to LARRY at ASSC RACING for all the help and advice with figuring out a few other things.
THANKS to JIM SUMMERS at PROCHARGER for hooking me up with what I needed to get the car ALL THE WAY down the track.
See ya out there,
RICH