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Oct 22, 2002 | 06:53 AM

#41

Gernby

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Prolene
[B]I tried a 450K6 belt and this caused the belt tensioner to be indexed past the indicated specification as suggested by than manual (too tight).

Oct 22, 2002 | 07:28 AM

#42

cdelena

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by gernby
[B] I wonder if it would be something that could be swapped before / after track events.

Oct 22, 2002 | 07:31 AM

#43

Prolene

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by gernby
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How difficult is it to swap the belts out?

Oct 22, 2002 | 07:36 AM

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Gernby

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Quote:

Originally posted by cdelena

Huh? There are plenty of us the USE the A/C at the track.. when stuck on the grid or hot pit when it is 110F it is nice to cool off.. in fact I know of some that use it on the warm-up and cool-down laps. That little bit of relief for the driver may cut ten times the lap time than not spinning a freewheeling pulley.

I am sure there will be some that would rather not do it, but I haven't used my A/C for anything other than turning on the radiator cooling fans. Unless I've got the top up, daily driving, my A/C remains off.

Oct 22, 2002 | 07:36 AM

#45

GEARHEAD

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How difficult is it to swap the belts out?

It is very easy to swap belts. You need a 14mm wrench to rotate the auto-tensioner and remove tension from the belt. You can then slide the belt off. Same procedure to put the new belt on. It takes less than one minute.

Oct 22, 2002 | 10:43 AM

#46

j2k

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Prolene
[B]I tried a 450K6 belt and this caused the belt tensioner to be indexed past the indicated specification as suggested by than manual (too tight).