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Mille
Posts: 181
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon
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Firstly this 5mm with moderate pressure that I keep hearing about, if my missus puts moderate pressure on a belt its going to be a lot less than 18 stone rugby playing Joe, so theres no real base to work from there.
However I do agree that people that have done it several times get a "feel for it" and while there is no problem with belts slipping or breaking and doing the mileage, the other thing that is overlooked is if the tension of the belt is out, only by a small amount, the cam timings are also out.
I have watched John Hacket prove this very theory on a Dyno by getting upwards of 6 BHP just by correctly tensioning the belts.
My ten peneth for what its worth.
Happy belt tensioning.
09-Feb-2004, 00:17 
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