<VV> BeaveRun in a nearly-stock EM...

[Tom Hughes]

Chuck,

You are right. There was no silicone on an older, daily-driven belt followed
by a belt with unknow provenence - all bad. I've now got "can of aerosol
silicon spray" on my "take to track" list. Also, Terry Stafford encouraged
me to buy a couple of good belts, break them in with a month of daily
driving each, and then set them aside for race day.

Thanks for your feedback,

Tom
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 12:57 AM, Louis Armer <carmerjr at mindspring.com>wrote:

> I am going to assume you made a novice mistake and failed to use an ample
> dose of silicon spray on the fan belts.
> Scott Trunkhill and I have raced the WTBRT # 112 for over 500 runs and used
> only three or four fan belts over a period
> from August 2003 to the present. We had one belt failure when we failed to
> replace a belt that had "set" on our second
> engine for almost two years without the engine being cranked. Had we
> siliconed that belt it probably would not have broken.
> Sooooo..........get Lucy a nice big can of aerosol silicon spray and enjoy
> your next racing experience.
>
> Chuck Armer aka FrontMan
> WTBRT PR
> Deckrug Enterprises Inc. LTD. Jr.
>
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>
>
> At 01:39 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:
>
> ...with a tired, old 102 and cheap, used street tires.
>
> For those that are interested, the write-up of my day's experience can be
> read
> here on my Motortopia
> page<http://www.motortopia.com/blogs/view/t/garage/j/6805/i/my_beaverun_experience>
> .
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